Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Fernandes, Merle ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Rao, Srinivas K ^b   Basti, Surendra ^c   Sridhar, Mittanamalli S ^a   Bansal, Aashish K ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^d  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOPENIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOGENICITY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1942531290     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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