Quest for limbal stem cells

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Dua, Harminder S ^a   Kulkarni, Bina ^a   Singh, Ravinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUORESCEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NESTIN; PROTEIN P63; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; VIMENTIN;

BLINDNESS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND HEALING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33644905589     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01163.x     Document Type: Editorial

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