Infant limbus: An immunohistological study

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1164

  Yeung, A M ^a   Tint, N L ^a   Kulkarni, B B ^a   Mohammed, I ^a   Suleman, H ^a   Hopkinson, A ^a   Dua, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

infant; Limbal Epithelial Crypt; limbus; niche; stem cell

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; DESMOGLEIN 3; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AGING; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 67349266841     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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