Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Symptomatic Bullous Keratopathy
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Amniotic membrane transplantation for symptomatic bullous keratopathy.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether amniotic membrane transplantation can be used to treat symptomatic bullous keratopathy displaying poor visual potential. METHODS Amniotic membrane transplantation was performed at 5 centers on 50 consecutive eyes (50 patients) with symptomatic bullous keratopathy and poor visual potential. The underlying causes of bullous keratopathy included aphakia (9 eyes), p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.10.1291