Article
Use of DNA polymorphisms and the polymerase chain reaction to examine the survival of a human limbal stem cell allograft.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Sept 1995
Williams K A, Brereton H M, Aggarwal R, Sykes P J, Turner D R, Russ G R, Coster D J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The extent to which limbal epithelial stem cell allografts will repopulate the human corneal ocular surface, and the time frame over which such cells survive, are uncertain. We investigated the survival of donor-derived epithelial cells after limbal stem cell allotransplantation in a patient with bilateral limbal stem cell failure by using short tandem-repeat DNA polymorphisms to distinguish donor and...
Topics
- Adult
- Cell Survival
- Cell Transplantation
- Contact Lenses
- Corneal Diseases
- DNA
- Epithelium
- Female
- Genotype
- Graft Survival
- Humans
