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[New biomaterials and alternative stem cell sources for the reconstruction of the limbal stem cell niche]

P Eberwein1, T Reinhard2

  • 1Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Uniklinikum Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland. philipp.eberwein@uniklinik-freiburg.de.

Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
|April 6, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
ComplicationsLimbal stem cell insufficiencyOcular surfaceSafetyTissue engineering

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