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Fate of corneal epithelial cells separated from limbus in vivo.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 17 Oct 2011
Kawakita Tetsuya, Higa Kazunari, Shimmura Shigeto, Tomita Machiko, Tsubota Kazuo, Shimazaki Jun
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PURPOSE: To characterize corneal epithelial cells separated from limbus in vivo by transplantation of a stainless steel ring with or without creating a defect inside the ring. METHODS: A stainless steel ring (diameter, 8 mm; width, 300 μm; depth, 250 μm) was transplanted into rabbit corneal stroma using 10-0 nylon interrupted suture after cutting to a 250 μm depth by corneal vacuum trephine (diameter, 8.0 mm)....
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