Evaluation of subjective symptomatology in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency
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Allo-limbal transplantation in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency.
AIM To report the outcome of a series of patients with stem cell deficiency who underwent allo-limbal transplantation and to describe a technique for this procedure. METHODS Six consecutive patients underwent allo-limbal stem cell transplantation. The primary diagnosis included alkali burn (n = 2), trachoma (n = 1), chronic rosacea blepharitis and kerato-conjunctivitis (n = 1), aniridia (n = ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulgarian Review of Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1311-0624
DOI: 10.14748/bro.v63i1.5918