Corneal stem cells: Bridging the knowledge gap

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Charukamnoetkanok, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Limbus; Review; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASAL CELL; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLINDNESS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KERATOPROSTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND HEALING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33646912699     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530500501322     Document Type: Review

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