Dyskeratosis congenita and limbal stem cell deficiency

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 472-473

  Aslan, Deniz ^a   Akata, Rustu Fikret ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Limbal stem cell; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LETTER; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 77649188867     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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