Mooren's ulcer and amniotic membrane transplant: A simple surgical solution?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-385

  Mcghee, Charles Nj ^a   Patel, Dipika V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOACRYLATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRIN GLUE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; TACROLIMUS;

AFRICA; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOFIBROBLAST; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; STEM CELL; SUPPRESSOR CELL; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CORNEAL ULCER; HUMANS;

EID: 79960251493     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02605.x     Document Type: Editorial

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