Corneal stem cells in the eye clinic

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-225

  Shortt, Alex J ^a   Tuft, Stephen J ^b   Daniels, Julie T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cornea; limbal stem cell deficiency; somatic stem cell biology; stem cell culture; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURED LIMBAL EPITHELIAL TRANSPLANTATION; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; STEM CELL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MOUTH MUCOSA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 83255173990     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldr041     Document Type: Article

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