Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in Chronic and Delayed-onset Mustard Gas Keratopathy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Baradaran Rafii, Alireza ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Rezaei Kanavi, Mozhgan ^a   Eslani, Medi ^b   Jamali, Hosein ^a   Karimian, Farid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AMYLOID; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BURNS; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75149114950     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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