Ocular surface changes in limbal stem cell deficiency caused by chemical injury: A histologic study of excised pannus from recipients of cultured corneal epithelium

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1161-1167

  Fatima, A ^a   Iftekhar, G ^a   Sangwan, V S ^a   Vemuganti, G K ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ANAMNESIS; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEGENERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GIANT CELL; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANNUS; PATHOGENESIS; RECIPIENT; REVIEW;

EID: 52149106063     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702895     Document Type: Review

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