Twenty years of limbal epithelial therapy: an update on managing limbal stem cell deficiency

Limbal stem cell damage after chemical injury, autoimmune disorders or iatrogenic trauma leads to corneal conjunctivalisation with new vessel formation, epithelium instability and visual loss. Limbal stem cell transplantation includes reconstructive surgical procedures to restore a corneal epitheliu...

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Autores principales: Fernandez-Buenaga, Roberto, Aiello, Francesco, Zaher, Sarah S, Grixti, Andre, Ahmad, Sajjad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6093197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000164