Limbal stem cell deficiency: A clinical chameleon [2]

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 837-839

  Zaidi, F H ^a   Bloom, P A ^a   Corbett, M C ^a  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE SYNECHIA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SCAR FORMATION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUTURING METHOD; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0242382746     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700462     Document Type: Letter

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