Keratolimbal allograft: Recommendations for tissue procurement and preparation by eye banks, and standard surgical technique

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-58

  Croasdale, Christopher R ^a   Schwartz, Gary S ^b   Malling, Jackie V ^c   Holland, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minnesota Lions Eye Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial transplantation procedures; Keratolimbal allograft (KLAL); Limbal stem cell (SC) deficiency; Ocular surface disease

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYEBANK; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0032932372     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199901000-00009     Document Type: Article

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