Human limbal progenitor cells expanded on intact amniotic membrane ex vivo

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-790

  Grueterich, Martin ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CONNEXIN 43;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BIOENGINEERING; CELL CYCLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0036272367     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.6.783     Document Type: Article

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