COVID and the Cornea: From Controversies to Consensus: Report of the Eye Bank Association of America Medical Advisory Board Policy and Position Review Subcommittee

Affiliations

¹ The Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
² Eye Bank Association of America, Washington, DC.
³ Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
⁴ Lions Medical Eye Bank of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, VA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Minnesota Lions Eye Bank, Minneapolis, MN.
⁷ SightLife, Seattle, WA.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis.
⁹ Georgia Eye Bank, Atlanta, GA; and.
¹⁰ University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH.

Review

Anthony J Aldave et al. Cornea. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 1;40(7):809-816.

doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002741.

¹ The Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
² Eye Bank Association of America, Washington, DC.
³ Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
⁴ Lions Medical Eye Bank of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, VA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Minnesota Lions Eye Bank, Minneapolis, MN.
⁷ SightLife, Seattle, WA.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis.
⁹ Georgia Eye Bank, Atlanta, GA; and.
¹⁰ University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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