Amniotic membrane transplantation elicits goblet cell repopulation after conjunctival reconstruction in a case of severe ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-71

  Barabino, Stefano ^a   Rolando, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Impression cytology; Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid; Ocular surface

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTACT LENS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTROPION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SYMBLEPHARON; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHIASIS;

AGED; AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENTROPION; EYELASHES; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0037765053     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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