Clinical outcome of autologous cultivated limbal epithelium transplantation

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Matalia, Himanshu P ^a   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Fatima, Anees ^a   Ifthekar, Ghazala ^a   Singh, Shashi ^b   Nutheti, Rishita ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cultivated autologous limbal epithelium transplantation; Limbal stem cell deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644846229     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.21611     Document Type: Article

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