Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty combined with autologous limbal stem cell transplantation in unilateral severe chemical injury

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-425

  Fogla, Rajesh ^a,b   Padmanabhan, Prema ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Sankara Nethralaya ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Lamellar keratoplasty; Limbal autograft; Unilateral chemical injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOPLASTY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; OXIDES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17844399229     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151550.51556.2d     Document Type: Article

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