Cornea and ocular surface treatment

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-204

  de Miguel, Maria P ^a   Alio, Jorge L ^b   Arnalich Montiel, Francisco ^c   Fuentes Julian, Sherezade ^a   de Benito Llopis, Laura ^d   Amparo, Francisco ^b   Bataille, Laurent ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cornea; Ocular surface; Ophthalmology; References; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; HYDROGEL;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL REGENERATION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVAL LIMBAL AUTOGRAFT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ECCENTRIC KERATOLIMBAL ALLOGRAFT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE REFRACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMOLOGOUS PENETRATING CENTRAL TECHNIQUE OF SUNDMACHER LIMBO KERATOPLASTY; HUMAN; KERATOLIMBAL ALLOGRAFT; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LIVING RELATED CONJUNCTIVAL LIMBAL ALLOGRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEAL DISEASES; HYDROGEL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; STEM CELL NICHE; THERAPEUTIC USE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CORNEAL INJURIES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 77954069667     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488810791268663     Document Type: Article

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