Limbal stem cells of the corneal epithelium

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-425

  Dua, Harminder S ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctival epithelium; Corneal epithelium; Corneoscleral limbus; Ocular surface; Stem cell deficiency; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0034603598     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(00)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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