Combination treatment of intravenous immunoglobulin and cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation for ocular cicatricial pemphigoid [2]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-118

  Uchino, Y ^a   Takahashi, S ^a   Uchino, M ^b   Shimazaki, J ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPITHELIUM; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846217310     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.098228     Document Type: Letter

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