Characterization of the Corneal Surface in Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency and after Transplantation of Cultivated Limbal Epithelium

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1048-1056

  Pauklin, Mikk ^a,b   Steuhl, Klaus P ^a   Meller, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 3; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MUCIN 5AC; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANNUS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKINS; KERATINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN 5AC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249105621     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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