Limbal stem-cell therapy and long-term corneal regeneration

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Rama, Paolo ^a   Matuska, Stanislav ^a   Paganoni, Giorgio ^a   Spinelli, Alessandra ^a   De Luca, Michele ^b   Pellegrini, Graziella ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLEPHARITIS; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA REGENERATION; CORNEA STROMA; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954394144     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0905955     Document Type: Article

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