The Boston type I keratoprosthesis: improving outcomes and expanding indications.

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To report the usefulness of the Boston type I keratoprosthesis (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA) in the management of corneal opacification, corneal limbal stem cell failure, or both in a large single-surgeon series.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ophthalmology

Title: Ophthalmology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1549-4713

ISSN (Print): 0161-6420

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2009

Volume: 116

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Cornea Service, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. aldave@jsei.ucla.edu

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Publisher Item ID: S0161-6420(08)01358-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.058

PubMed ID: 19243830

SO-VID: 7fc35054-8787-4eb2-8e32-cc5f50eb26a0

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