American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 142, Issue 5 , Pages 757-764.e1 , November 2006

Ocular Surface Reconstruction With Combination of Cultivated Autologous Oral Mucosal Epithelial Transplantation and Penetrating Keratoplasty

,Accepted 1 June 2006.

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 Supported in part by grants-in-aid for Translational Research and Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology (Kobe Translational Research Cluster); grants from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (H16-Saisei-007); and a research grant from the Kyoto Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science.

PII: S0002-9394(06)00696-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.06.004

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 142, Issue 5 , Pages 757-764.e1 , November 2006

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