Recent advances in the design of artificial corneas

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-247

  Griffith, May ^a   Harkin, Damien G ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomaterials; clinical observations; cornea; transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTIFICIAL CORNEA; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BOMBYX MORI; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA IMPLANT; CORNEA REGENERATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL CELL; CORNEAL TISSUE; DONOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGENERATION; REVIEW;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84898424276     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000049     Document Type: Review

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