Letícia Mariana Menezes Maia, Luiz Eduardo Fernandes Lima, Marcella Franco de Almeida, Rebeka Ventura Pessôa de Paula, Eduardo Nogueira Lima Sousa, Juliana de Lucena Martins Ferreira, Leidiane Pinho da Silva
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Objective: To outline the epidemiological profile of cornea donors and recipients before reaching queue zero. Methods: Epidemiological study, of quantitative approach, with transversal, analytical design, analyzing database records from the Health Secretary of the State of Ceará, from 2013 to 2015. Results: We obtained 1,558 cornea donors and 2,287 cornea recipients from 2013 to 2015. Most donors were male, capital residents, from 21 to 40 years old. Of donated eyeballs, 14.52% were disposed, due to
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A Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Rev Bras Oftalmol.) - ISSN 0034-7280, publicação científica da Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia, se propõe a divulgar artigos que contribuam para o aperfeiçoamento e o desenvolvimento da prática, da pesquisa e do ensino da Oftalmologia e de especialidades afins. Todos os manuscritos, após aprovação pelos Editores serão avaliados por dois ou três revisores qualificados (peer review), sendo o anonimato garantido em todo o processo de julgamento.