Cultured human ocular surface epithelium on therapeutic contact lenses

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-464

  Di Girolamo, Nick ^a   Chui, Jeanie ^a   Wakefield, Denis ^a   Coroneo, Minas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; SILOXANE;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM;

BANDAGES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; KERATINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PTERYGIUM; SILICONES;

EID: 34247275666     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.103895     Document Type: Article

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