Autologous transplantation of cultivated limbal epithelium;Autologe Transplantation von kultiviertem Limbusepithel

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1133-1138

  Meller, D ^a   Pauklin, M ^a,b   Westekemper, H ^a   Steuhl, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epithelium; Ex vivo expansion; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78650249050     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-010-2205-9     Document Type: Article

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