Amniotic membrane transplantation in ocular surface disorders

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 849-851

  Tosi, Gian Marco ^a   Massaro Giordano, Mina ^b   Caporossi, Aldo ^a   Toti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; AMNION; AMNION CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CELL ADHESION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIZATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SCAR FORMATION;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 12944280988     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20181     Document Type: Article

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