A new method to obtain epithelial and stromal explants from human Corneo-Scleral Discs for the routine culture of corneal epithelial and fibroblast cells

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 167-176

  Webb, Sim F ^a   Davies, Sheila ^a   Evans Gowing, Richard ^a   Duncan, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epithelial culture; Fibroblast culture; Human; Mini microtome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL GROWTH; CONTACT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DONOR; EXPLANT; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOME; SCLERA; TISSUE SECTION;

CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL STROMA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTOMY;

EID: 14844297756     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11022-004-6793-0     Document Type: Article

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