The effect of gravitational force on limbal stem cell growth

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1034-1037

  Miri, Ammar ^a,b   Hashmani, Khurram ^a,c   Al aqaba, Muhamed ^d   Faraj, Lana A ^a   Fares, Usama ^a   Otri, Ahmad Muneer ^a,b   Said, Dalia G ^e   Dua, Harminder Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Department of Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL EXPANSION;

CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84862852728     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301624     Document Type: Article

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