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Ex vivo preservation and expansion of human limbal epithelial stem cells on amniotic membrane cultures.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Apr 2002
Meller D, Pires R T F, Tseng S C G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation effectively expands the remaining limbal epithelial stem cells in patients with partial limbal stem cell deficiency. The authors investigated whether this action could be produced ex vivo. METHODS: The outgrowth rate on AM was compared among explants derived from human limbus, peripheral cornea, and central cornea. For outgrowth of human limbal epithelial...
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