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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...
Autores principales: | Avadhanam, Venkata S, Smith, Helen E, Liu, Christopher |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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