Histopathologic limbus evolution after alkaline burns

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1043-1048

  López García, José Santiago ^a,e   Jara, Luis Rivas ^b   García Lozano, Isabel ^c   Murube, Juan ^d  

^a Cruz Roja Central Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Hospital de la Zarzuela   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline burns; Limbal biopsy; Ocular burns; Ocular surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE BURN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ALKALIES; AMNION; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34748917562     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31812375fd     Document Type: Article

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