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Corneal graft rejection in African Americans at Howard University Hospital

Author(s) -

Larry Ferdinand,

Vanessa Ngakeng,

Robert A. Copeland

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

saudi journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2542-6680

pISSN - 1319-4534

DOI - 10.1016/j.sjopt.2011.04.007

Subject(s) - medicine , keratoconus , bullous keratopathy , graft rejection , corneal transplant , corneal graft , visual acuity , ophthalmology , surgery , corneal dystrophy , retrospective cohort study , corneal transplantation , cornea , transplantation

There is scarcity of data in the literature on cornel graft rejection rate in patients exclusively of African ancestry. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rejection rate of corneal transplant surgery performed at Howard University Hospital on such patients over a 15 year period.

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