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Glycerol-preserved corneal tissue in emergency corneal transplantation: An alternative for fresh corneal tissue in COVID-19 crisis

PURPOSE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the eye banks have limited/stopped corneal collection, as this is a highly contagious disease. This has led to shortage of donor corneas worldwide. Glycerol preservation of tissue remains a viable option in this scenario. The objective is to compare fre...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Neeti, Dhasmana, Renu, Maitreya, Amit, Badahur, Harsh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32587179
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1198_20