13 Years of cultured limbal epithelial cell therapy: A review of the outcomes

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 993-1002

  Baylis, Oliver ^a   Figueiredo, Francisco ^a   Henein, Christin ^a   Lako, Majlinda ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Culture; Limbal stem cell; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbus; Transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; FIBRIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADNEXA DISEASE; AMNION; BLEEDING; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURED LIMBAL EPITHELIAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE; EXPLANT; EYE DISEASE; FIBROBLAST; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952561589     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23028     Document Type: Review

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