Incidence of peters anomaly and congenital corneal opacities interfering with vision in the united states

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 848-850

  Kurilec, Jeffrey M ^a   Zaidman, Gerald W ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital corneal opacities; cornea transplant surgery; Peters anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYEBANK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PETERS ANOMALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CORNEAL OPACITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION DISORDERS;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE BANKS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84904268303     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000182     Document Type: Article

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