Clinicopathology of graft detachment after Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e556-e561

  Brockmann, Tobias ^a   Brockmann, Claudia ^a   Maier, Anna Karina ^a   Schroeter, Jan ^a   Pleyer, Uwe ^a   Bertelmann, Eckart ^a   Joussen, Antonia M ^a   Torun, Necip ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinicopathology; Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy; graft adhesion; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; FIBRONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT DETACHMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84927171512     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12419     Document Type: Article

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