Descemet membrane endothelial transfer

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-357

  Lam, Fook Chang ^a   Bruinsma, Marieke ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial transfer; Endothelial cell migration; Endothelial cell proliferation; Endothelial keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL TRANSFER; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLAUCOMA; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84902261054     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000061     Document Type: Review

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