Retrospective appraisal of split-cornea transplantation: An audit of 1141 donor corneas

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1086-1087

  Schaub, Friederike ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYEBANK; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84941309600     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: 21686173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.1684     Document Type: Letter

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