Preparation, indications and results of human amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface disorders

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Alió, Jorge L ^a   Abad, Marta ^a   Scorsetti, Daniel H ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Ocular indications; Ocular surface reconstruction; Persistent epithelial defect; Stem cell deficiency

Indexed keywords

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

AMNION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL MIGRATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EYE DISEASE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS MEMBRANE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MELANOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 15844423868     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.2.153     Document Type: Review

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