Limbal transplantation: Multicenter retrospective case series analysis;Estudio multicéntrico retrospectivo sobre trasplante de limbo

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 417-422

  Torres, J ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Quadrado, M J ^b   Murta, J ^b   Herreras, J ^a,c   Rodriguez Ares M T ^d   Benitez Del Castillo J M ^e   Alio J ^f   Munoz M F ^d   Calonge, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Limbal deficiency; Limbal stem cells; Limbal transplantation; Ocular surface diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249089681     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0365-66912008000700005     Document Type: Article

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