Impression cytology-proven corneal stem cell deficiency in patients after surgeries involving the limbus

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-148

  Sridhar, M S ^a,b   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Bansal, Aashish K ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Limbal transplantation; Limbus; Pterygium; Stem cell deficiency; Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; STEM CELL;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0035115979     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200103000-00005     Document Type: Article

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