Reconstruction of the ocular surface by transplantation of a serum-free derived cultivated conjunctival epithelial equivalent

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1729-1734

  Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Ang, Leonard P K ^a,b,c   Beuerman, Roger W ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM EQUIVALENT; CONJUNCTIVA NEVUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPITHELIZATION; EX VIVO STUDY; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; SUPERIOR LIMBIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 2942672517     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000127593.65888.A6     Document Type: Article

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