Ex-vivo potential of cadaveric and fresh limbal tissues to regenerate cultured epithelium

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-120

  Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Kashyap, Subhadra ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Singh, Shashi ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cadaveric limbal tissue; Cultured corneal epithelium; Explant tissue cultures; Histopathology; Human amniotic membrane; Limbal stem cells

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL GROWTH; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYEBANK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPERATING ROOM; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGENERATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 3142770462     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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