The long term outcome of limbal allografts: The search for surviving cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 604-609

  Henderson, T R M ^a   Coster, D J ^a   Williams, K A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE 21 PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DONOR; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; TANDEM REPEAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035042342     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.5.604     Document Type: Article

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