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Author Symposium, CIBA Foundation

Title Corneal Graft Failure
Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (374 pages)
Series Novartis Foundation Symposia
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents Corneal Graft Failure; Contents; Introduction to the problems of corneal graft failure; Clinical patterns of corneal graft failure; Discussion; Pathophysiology of graft failure; Discussion; The quality of donor corneas for penetrating keratoplasty; Discussion; Problems of cell survival after freezing and thawing with special reference to the cornea; Discussion; Immunologically privileged sites and tissues; Discussion; Transplantation immunobiology of the cornea; Discussion; Corneal graft rejection : clinico-pathological correlation; Discussion
The allograft rejection reaction: the leading cause of late failure of clinical corneal graftsDiscussion; Recurrence of host disease in the graft; Discussion; The role of corneal vascularization in human corneal graft reactions; Discussion; The role of surgical factors in corneal graft failure; Discussion; Problems of corneal grafting in herpetic keratitis; Discussion; The role of steroids in the prevention of corneal graft failure; Discussion; The biological basis of immunosuppression; Discussion; Some clinical problems of immunosuppression; Discussion
The influence of HL-A conipati-bility on the fate of corneal graftsDiscussion; Influence of histocompatibility on the fate of the corneal transplant; Discussion; Difficulties in the use of tissue typing for corneal grafting; Discussion; General Discussion : The successful corneal graft; Criteria for diagnosis of a corneal allograft reaction; Summing up -- Present knowledge and problems of corneal graft failure; Index of contributors; Subject index
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Subject Cornea -- Transplantation -- Congresses
Transplantation immunology -- Congresses
Cornea -- Transplantation
Transplantation immunology
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780470717653
0470717653