Comparison of limbal and conjunctival autograft transplantation in corneal surface reconstruction in rabbits.

doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(90)32575-7

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Comparison of limbal and conjunctival autograft transplantation in corneal surface reconstruction in rabbits.

Ophthalmology - 1 Apr 1990

Tsai R J, Sun T T, Tseng S C

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Destruction of corneal surface was created in one eye of 24 rabbits by n-heptanol corneal epithelial debridement and surgical removal of limbal zone. One month later, the animals were equally subdivided into three groups of eight for limbal transplantation, conjunctival transplantation, and contr...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Conjunctiva
Cornea
Corneal Injuries
Corneal Transplantation
Disease Models, Animal
Epithelium
Fluorescein Angiography
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Keratins
Mucins
Phenotype
Rabbits
Sclera
Transplantation, Autologous
Wound Healing

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