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The transplantation of corneae from cadavers can prevent blindness
Author(s) -
Tschernig Thomas,
Seitz Berthold
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.23289
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , blindness , corneal transplantation , ophthalmology , cadaver , surgery , optometry
This Viewpoint describes the process by which corneae are obtained from body donors to anatomical institutes for subsequent clinical transplantation. Corneae from body donors are extremely valuable in clinical medicine. Clin. Anat., 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.