Towards the use of hydrogels in the treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 79-86

  Wright, Bernice ^a   Mi, Shengli ^b   Connon, Che J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; GELATIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; SILICON;

AMNION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL FATE; CORNEA; DISEASES; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84871925683     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2012.07.012     Document Type: Review

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