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Phenotypic investigation of human eyes with transplanted autologous cultivated oral mucosal epithelial sheets for severe ocular surface diseases.
Ophthalmology - 1 Jun 2007
Nakamura Takahiro, Inatomi Tsutomu, Cooper Leanne J, Rigby Helen, Fullwood Nigel J, Kinoshita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the epithelial lineage of origin of surgically removed grafts after autologous cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET). DESIGN: Retrospective comparative case series. PARTICIPANTS: We studied 6 eyes from 5 patients with total corneal stem cell destruction; 3 eyes were from patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and 3 eyes had sustained chemical injury. METHODS: Autologous...
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