In vivo survival and stratification of cultured limbal epithelium

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-98

  Fatima, Anees ^a   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Iftekhar, Ghazala ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Limbal stem cell culture; Ocular surface disorder; Stratification

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INJURY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIZATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANNUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; OXIDES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846663965     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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