New hopes and strategies for the treatment of severe ocular surface disease

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-278

  Nakamura, Takahiro ^a,b   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cornea; ocular surface; regenerative medicine; severe ocular surface disease; stem cell; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; OCULAR SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 79959275149     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283477d4d     Document Type: Article

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