Successful clinical implementation of corneal epithelial stem cell therapy for treatment of unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency

Stem Cells

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 597-610

  Kolli, S A I ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a   Lako, Majlinda ^a   Figueiredo, Francisco ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelial stem cells; Ex vivo expansion; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbal stem cells

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; EX VIVO STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; AGED; AMNION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAESARACHA;

EID: 77950560399     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.276     Document Type: Article

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