Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 889-891 , June 2008

Modified air-assisted descemetorhexis for Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

,Accepted 14 January 2008.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Funded in part by a Peel Travel Grant Award 2006 (Dr. Mehta) from the Peel Medical Research Trust, London, United Kingdom, and SERI grant R348/06/2004.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00316-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.01.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 889-891 , June 2008

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