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. 2003 May;87(5):587–591. doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.5.587

Table 1.

Primary diagnosis of patients undergoing amniotic membrane grafting with and without postoperative calcification

Primary diagnosis Number in non-calcified group Number in calcified group Total
Herpes simplex virus 21 4 25
Chemical burn 10 1 11
Bullous keratopathy 10 10
Rheumatoid disease 8 8
Neuropathic cornea 5 5
Corneal tattooing to blind eye 1 1
Non-healing defect after PKP 3 3
Ocular pemphigoid 3 1 4
Bacterial corneal ulcer 4 4
Atopic eczema 3 3
Limbal stem cell insufficiency 3 3
Thermal burn 2 2
Herpes zoster 2 2
Trauma 2 2
Systemic graft-versus-host disease 2 2
Floppy eyelid syndrome 1 1
Marginal ulcer 1 1
Contact lens related ulcer 1 1
Pterygium 1 1
Acanthamoeba keratitis 1 1
Fuchs-Stevens-Johnson’s syndrome 1 1
Interstitial keratitis 1 1
Fungal ulcer 1 1
Total 83 10 93

PKP = penetrating keratoplasty.