Minimal conjunctival limbal autograft for total limbal stem cell deficiency

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 730-733

  Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Raju, Vadrevu K ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Chemical burn; Conjunctival limbal autograft; Limbal stem cell deficiency

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; AMNION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBLEPHARON; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE BURN; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; AMNION; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BURNS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47949108774     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815cea8b     Document Type: Article

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