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Survival of Donor-Derived Cells in Human Corneal Transplants
26 May 2009
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PURPOSE: To determine the fate of donor epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cells after corneal transplantation in humans. METHODS: Fifty-two transplanted corneal buttons were explanted over a 2-year period from patients who required regrafting and had received corneas from donors of opposite sex. Fluorescence in situ hybridization of the sex chromosomes of the epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cells was...
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