Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1867-1869 , October 2005

Use of trypan blue for penetrating keratoplasty

  • Jonathan C.P. Roos, MA, GIBiol

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jonathan C.P. Roos, MA, GIBiol, Department of Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, CB2 2QQ Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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  • Malcolm G. Kerr Muir, FRCOphth

,Accepted 3 March 2005.

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 The medical photography staff at Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals, National Health Service Trust, processed the visual images.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.03.064

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1867-1869 , October 2005

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