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Risk Factors for Human Corneal Graft Failure Within the Australian Corneal Graft Registry by WILLIAMS, Keryn A, LOWE, Marie, BARTLETT, Christine, KELLY, Thu-Lan, COSTER, Douglas J

“…Our aims were to examine graft survival and visual outcome after full-thickness corneal transplantation. Records of 18,686 penetrating corneal grafts, 14,622…”
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The Outcome of Corneal Transplantation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents by Lowe, Marie T., BSc, Keane, Miriam C., BPsych (Hons), Coster, Douglas J., FRANZCO, Williams, Keryn A., PhD

“…Objective To examine factors affecting penetrating corneal graft survival and visual outcomes in patients aged less than 20 years. Design Large prospective,…”
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The Impact of Corneal Allograft Rejection on the Long-Term Outcome of Corneal Transplantation by Coster, Douglas J., Williams, Keryn A.

“…To examine the influence of corneal allograft rejection on the survival of penetrating corneal transplantation, to review the status of conventional therapies…”
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The immunobiology of corneal transplantation by Williams, Keryn A, Coster, Douglas J

“…Corneal allotransplantation is highly successful in the short term, but much less successful in the longer term. Many corneal grafts in recipients with corneal…”
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Repeat Penetrating Corneal Transplantation in Patients with Keratoconus by Kelly, Thu-Lan, PhD, Coster, Douglas J., DSc, FRANZCO, Williams, Keryn A., PhD

“…Purpose To determine factors influencing penetrating corneal graft survival in patients receiving repeat grafts in the same eye after a failed first graft for…”
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How effective is penetrating corneal transplantation? Factors influencing long-term outcome in multivariate analysis by WILLIAMS, Keryn A, ESTERMAN, Adrian J, BARTLETT, Christine, HOLLAND, Helene, HORNSBY, Ngaere B, COSTER, Douglas J

“…In a large patient cohort, we investigated long-term corneal graft outcome, risk factors for graft failure, and whether corneal graft survival had improved…”
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The influence of Australian eye banking practices on corneal graft survival by Keane, Miriam C, Lowe, Marie T, Coster, Douglas J, Pollock, Graeme A, Williams, Keryn A

“…Objective: To identify eye banking practices that influence corneal graft survival. Design, setting and participants: Prospective cohort study of records of 19…”
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A Comparison of Lamellar and Penetrating Keratoplasty Outcomes by Coster, Douglas J., FRANZCO, DSc, Lowe, Marie T., BSc, Keane, Miriam C., PhD, Williams, Keryn A., PhD

“…Objectives To investigate changing patterns of practice of keratoplasty in Australia, graft survival, visual outcomes, the influence of experience, and the…”
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A comparison of lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty outcomes: a registry study by Coster, Douglas J, Lowe, Marie T, Keane, Miriam C, Williams, Keryn A

“…To investigate changing patterns of practice of keratoplasty in Australia, graft survival, visual outcomes, the influence of experience, and the surgeon…”
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Comparative outcomes of penetrating and component endothelial cell corneal allografts in outbred sheep by Mills, Richard A D, Klebe, Sonja, Coster, Douglas J, Williams, Keryn A

“…Lamellar (component cell) corneal transplantation is replacing penetrating keratoplasty for some corneal disorders in humans, but the relative risks of…”
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History of corneal transplantation in Australia by Coster, Douglas J

“…Corneal transplantation is a triumph of modern ophthalmology. The possibility of corneal transplantation was first raised in 1797 but a century passed before…”
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Recall from informed consent counselling for cataract surgery by Pesudovs, Konrad, Luscombe, Carolyn K, Coster, Douglas J

“…The authors investigated the effect of giving written material on information recall from informed consent counselling for cataract surgery. Fifty…”
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Kinetics of strain-dependent differential gene expression in oxygen-induced retinopathy in the rat by van Wijngaarden, Peter, Brereton, Helen M., Gibbins, Ian L., Coster, Douglas J., Williams, Keryn A.

“…Recent evidence suggests that retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding condition of premature human neonates, has a genetically-determined component…”
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A comparison of endothelial and penetrating keratoplasty outcomes following failed penetrating keratoplasty: a registry study by Keane, Miriam C, Galettis, Rachel A, Mills, Richard A D, Coster, Douglas J, Williams, Keryn A

“…To compare graft survival and visual outcomes for endothelial keratoplasty (EK) after a first penetrating keratoplasty (PK), with outcomes of repeat PK after a…”
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Association of polymorphisms in the hepatocyte growth factor gene promoter with keratoconus by Burdon, Kathryn P, Macgregor, Stuart, Bykhovskaya, Yelena, Javadiyan, Sharhbanou, Li, Xiaohui, Laurie, Kate J, Muszynska, Dorota, Lindsay, Richard, Lechner, Judith, Haritunians, Talin, Henders, Anjali K, Dash, Durga, Siscovick, David, Anand, Seema, Aldave, Anthony, Coster, Douglas J, Szczotka-Flynn, Loretta, Mills, Richard A, Iyengar, Sudha K, Taylor, Kent D, Phillips, Tony, Montgomery, Grant W, Rotter, Jerome I, Hewitt, Alex W, Sharma, Shiwani, Rabinowitz, Yaron S, Willoughby, Colin, Craig, Jamie E

“…Keratoconus is a progressive disorder of the cornea that can lead to severe visual impairment or blindness. Although several genomic regions have been linked…”
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Inhibitors of Ocular Neovascularization: Promises and Potential Problems by van Wijngaarden, Peter, Coster, Douglas J, Williams, Keryn A

“…During the past decade, significant changes in angiogenesis research have led to the development of numerous inhibitors of angiogenesis. Here, Williams et al…”
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Local Gene Transfer to Modulate Rat Corneal Allograft Rejection by Jessup, Claire F, Brereton, Helen M, Sykes, Pamela J, Thiel, Michael A, Coster, Douglas J, Williams, Keryn A

“…Allograft rejection is the leading cause of corneal graft failure. CD4(+) T cells control the allograft response and represent targets for antirejection…”
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Replication and meta-analysis of candidate loci identified variation at RAB3GAP1 associated with keratoconus by Bae, Ha Ae, Mills, Richard A D, Lindsay, Richard G, Phillips, Tony, Coster, Douglas J, Mitchell, Paul, Wang, Jie Jin, Craig, Jamie E, Burdon, Kathryn P

“…Keratoconus is a common complex corneal ectasia that can lead to severe visual impairment. Although a genetic component is well recognized, the genetic risk…”
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Is there evidence for a surgeon learning curve for endothelial keratoplasty in Australia? by Keane, Miriam C, Mills, Richard AD, Coster, Douglas J, Williams, Keryn A

“…Importance Expected outcomes from endokeratoplasty may vary with surgeon experience. Background It was explored whether a surgeon learning curve exists for…”
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Gene therapy for diseases of the cornea - a review by Williams, Keryn A, Coster, Douglas J

“…The cornea is particularly suited to gene therapy. The cornea is readily accessible, normally transparent, and is somewhat sequestrated from the general…”
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