Measurement of light transmission of human limbal epithelial cells cultured on human amniotic membranes

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-351

  Ijiri, Shigeyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Yoshita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yokogawa, Hideaki ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Light transmission; Limbal epithelial cell sheet; Ultraviolet light; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

AMNION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34147169091     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31802e1e3b     Document Type: Article

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