Survival of donor epithelial cells after limbal stem cell transplantation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 803-807

  Djalilian, Ali R ^a   Mahesh, Sankaranarayana P ^a   Koch, Christian A ^b   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^a   Shen, DeFen ^a   Zhuang, Zhengpin ^c   Holland, Edward J ^d   Chan, Chi Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PREDNISONE; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL INJURY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; DONOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 16244416555     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0575     Document Type: Article

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