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Long-term phenotypic study after allogeneic cultivated corneal limbal epithelial transplantation for severe ocular surface diseases.
Ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2010
Nakamura Takahiro, Sotozono Chie, Bentley Adams J, Mano Sachiko, Inatomi Tsutomu, Koizumi Noriko, Fullwood Nigel J, Kinoshita Shigeru
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PURPOSE: To determine the long-term epithelial lineage of origin of surgically removed grafts after allogeneic cultivated corneal limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET). DESIGN: Interventional case reports. PARTICIPANTS: We studied 2 eyes from 2 patients with total corneal stem cell destruction; 1 eye was from a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and 1 eye had sustained chemical injury. METHODS: Allogeneic...
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