Five year outcomes of Boston type I keratoprosthesis as primary versus secondary penetrating corneal procedure in a matched case control study

Kai B. Kang; Faris I. Karas; Ruju Rai; Joelle A. Hallak; Joann J. Kang; Jose de la Cruz; Maria S. Cortina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192381

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Five year outcomes of Boston type I keratoprosthesis as primary versus secondary penetrating corneal procedure in a matched case control study

Kai B. Kang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-7816

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Faris I. Karas,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Ruju Rai,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Joelle A. Hallak,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Joann J. Kang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Jose de la Cruz,

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Maria S. Cortina

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mcortina@uic.edu

Affiliation Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Five year outcomes of Boston type I keratoprosthesis as primary versus secondary penetrating corneal procedure in a matched case control study

Kai B. Kang,
Faris I. Karas,
Ruju Rai,
Joelle A. Hallak,
Joann J. Kang,
Jose de la Cruz,
Maria S. Cortina

Published: February 6, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192381

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