Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-653

  Fernandes, Merle ^a   Sridhar, Mittanamalli S ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Amniotic membrane transplantation; Ocular surface reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMNION; AMNION TRANSPLANTATION; ANATOMY; AUTOGRAFT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; ENTROPION; EPITHELIZATION; EYE MALFORMATION; EYE SURGERY; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 23044486296     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151501.80952.c5     Document Type: Review

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