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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144663703321

Titolo

Corneal graft failure

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , 1973

ISBN

1-280-78324-9

9786613693631

0-470-71998-2

0-470-71765-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 pages)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 15

Disciplina

617.7/19

Soggetti

Cornea - Transplantation

Transplantation immunology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Corneal Graft Failure, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 15th-17th November 1972"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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 grafts Discussion; 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 conipatibility on the fate of corneal grafts Discussion; 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