Stem cells of the skin and cornea: Their clinical applications in regenerative medicine

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Proulx, Stéphanie ^a   Fradette, Julie ^a   Gauvin, Robert ^b   Larouche, Danielle ^a   Germain, Lucie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cornea; gaft; skin; stem cell; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SKIN CELL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; HUMANS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SKIN; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78751633673     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32834254f1     Document Type: Article

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