Application of (lamellar) keratoplasty and limbal stem cell transplantation for corneal clouding in the mucopolysaccharidoses - a review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 52-62

  Pinello, Luisa ^a   Busin, Massimo ^b   Fontana, Luigi ^c   Dua, Harminder S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

^c Della Donna E Delle Malattie Urologiche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal disease; Corneal transplantation; Limbus corneae; Mucopolysaccharidosis; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK; SPINE INSTABILITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77955372825     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02368.x     Document Type: Review

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