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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices

According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases that produce corneal neovascularization, dry...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Avadhanam, Venkata S, Smith, Helen E, Liu, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25945031
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S27083