Preparation and preservation of amniotic membrane

Developments in Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-104

  Dekaris, Iva ^a   Gabrić, Nikica ^a  

^a Eye Clinic 'Svjetlost'   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREGNANCY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMNION; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREGNANCY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 67651222320     PISSN: 02503751     EISSN: 16622790     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000223842     Document Type: Article

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