Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 1287-1294 , June 2004

Quality of vision following clinically successful penetrating keratoplasty

  • Ayse Yagci, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationRequest reprints to Ayse Yagci, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.or
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Sait Egrilmez, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationRequest reprints to Ayse Yagci, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.or
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • SSK Buca Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Mahmut Kaskaloglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • E.Deniz Egrilmez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • SSK Buca Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey

,Accepted 29 October 2003.

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☆ None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00004-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.10.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 1287-1294 , June 2004

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