Further evaluation of amniotic membrane banking for transplantation in ocular surface diseases

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 155-163

  Rama, Paolo ^a   Giannini, Roberta ^a   Bruni, Alessandro ^b   Gatto, Claudio ^c   Tiso, Roberta ^d   Ponzin, Diego ^d  

^a SS Giovanni e Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Regional Tissue Bank ULSS 9   (Italy)

^d The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Band keratopathy; Cornea epithelialization; Cornea reconstruction; Corneal ulcers; Herpes simplex keratitis; Limbal stem cell deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURN; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOPATHY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035760515     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020158206073     Document Type: Article

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