The Role of Limbal Stem Cells in Corneal Epithelial Maintenance. Testing the Dogma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 856-863

  Dua, Harminder S ^a   Miri, Ammar ^a   Alomar, Thaer ^a   Yeung, Aaron M ^a   Said, Dalia G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DORZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYPERMELLOSE; LATANOPROST; POLYACRYLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; STEROID; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOTEAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; SLIT LAMP; STEM CELL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL SURVIVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 65349083152     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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