Can bone marrow cells give rise to cornea epithelial cells?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-413

  Liu, Yuan ^a   Wang, Xinwen ^b   Jin, Yan ^a  

^a Stomatological College   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 47549099791     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.03.044     Document Type: Article

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