Conjunctival healing after amniotic membrane graft over ischemic sclera

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 675-678

  Gris, Oscar ^a,b,c   Del Campo, Zoraida ^a   Wolley Dod, Charlotte ^a   Güell, José L ^b   Velasco, Fortino ^b   Adán, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane graft; Amniotic membrane transplantation; Chemical injury; Ocular surface reconstruction; Stromal ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERAL ISCHEMIA; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AMNION; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE BURNS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; SCLERA; SULFURIC ACIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141485287     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310000-00012     Document Type: Article

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