Contemporary limbal stem cell transplantation - a review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-117

  Dua, Harminder S ^a   Miri, Ammar ^a   Said, Dalia G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Cornea; Limbal transplantation; Ocular surface; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CROSCARMELLOSE SODIUM; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

AMNION; ANIRIDIA; CADAVER DONOR; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; DONOR SITE; EXPLANT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SEQUENTIAL SECTOR CONJUNCTIVAL EPITHELIECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77952023096     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02229.x     Document Type: Review

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