Current status and future prospects for cultured limbal tissue transplants in Australia and New Zealand

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-281

  Harkin, Damien G ^a,b   Apel, Andrew J ^c   Di Girolamo, Nick ^d   Watson, Stephanie ^d,e   Brown, Karl ^f,g   Daniell, Mark D ^g   McGhee, J Jane ^h   McGhee, Charles N J ^h  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f O'Brien Institute   (Australia)

^g CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Limbus; Transplant

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

AMNION; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BURN; CELL CULTURE; CELL EXPANSION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURED LIMBAL TISSUE TRANSPLANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATINOCYTE; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN CELL; SKIN DEFECT;

AUSTRALIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84876299618     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02877.x     Document Type: Review

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