Early results of penetrating keratoplasty following limbal stem cell transplantation

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Fernandes, Merle ^a,b   Bansal, Aashish K ^a,c   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Apollo Victor Hospital   (India)

^c APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Limbal allograft; Limbal stem cell transplant; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; DILTIAZEM; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMICAL INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 17144393257     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.15282     Document Type: Article

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