Limbal stem cell deficiency in patients with inherited stem cell disorder of dyskeratosis congenita

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 615-622

  Aslan, Deniz ^a   Akata, Rustu F ^a   Holme, Harriet ^b   Vulliamy, Tom ^b   Dokal, Inderjeet ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Stem cell; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DYSKERIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; C16ORF57 GENE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DKC1 GENE; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NHP2 GENE; NOP10 GENE; TCAB1 GENE; TERC GENE; TERT GENE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINF2 GENE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; STEM CELL;

ADULT; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RNA; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 84877102254     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-012-9611-8     Document Type: Article

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