Eye banking: an introduction

This article introduces the work of eye banks, institutions responsible for collecting (harvesting) and processing donor corneas, and for distributing them to trained corneal graft surgeons.

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Main Authors: Gullapalli N Rao, Usha Gopinathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2009-12-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/22/jceh_22_71_046.html
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spelling doaj-cc1a1331be304c6c86d21c60174daa452020-11-25T02:43:15ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68332009-12-0122714647Eye banking: an introductionGullapalli N RaoUsha GopinathanThis article introduces the work of eye banks, institutions responsible for collecting (harvesting) and processing donor corneas, and for distributing them to trained corneal graft surgeons.http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/22/jceh_22_71_046.htmlCorneal DiseasestreatmentCorneal TransplantationHealth Resources
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Usha Gopinathan
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Usha Gopinathan
Eye banking: an introduction
Community Eye Health Journal
Corneal Diseases
treatment
Corneal Transplantation
Health Resources
author_facet Gullapalli N Rao
Usha Gopinathan
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title Eye banking: an introduction
title_short Eye banking: an introduction
title_full Eye banking: an introduction
title_fullStr Eye banking: an introduction
title_full_unstemmed Eye banking: an introduction
title_sort eye banking: an introduction
publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
issn 0953-6833
publishDate 2009-12-01
description This article introduces the work of eye banks, institutions responsible for collecting (harvesting) and processing donor corneas, and for distributing them to trained corneal graft surgeons.
topic Corneal Diseases
treatment
Corneal Transplantation
Health Resources
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