Ocular surface reconstruction, amniotic membrane, and cultivated epithelial cells from the limbus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1437-1439

  Koizumi, N ^a   Kinoshita, S ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MYOBLASTS; RABBITS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0346887108     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.12.1437     Document Type: Editorial

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