American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 945-953 , June 2007

Factors Influencing Outcomes in Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation for Chronic Cicatricial Ocular Surface Disorders

  • Jun Shimazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Jun Shimazaki, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, 5–11–13 Sugano, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba, 272-8513, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazunari Higa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Fumito Morito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Murat Dogru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
    • ,
  • Tetsuya Kawakita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshiyuki Satake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeto Shimmura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
    • ,
  • Kazuo Tsubota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
    • Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

,Accepted 7 March 2007.

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PII: S0002-9394(07)00244-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.005

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 945-953 , June 2007

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