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Loss or disturbance of limbal STEM CELL function in the CORNEAL LIMBUS resulting in inability to self-renew CORNEAL EPITHELIUM and conjunctivalized corneal surface.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2023
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- Corneal Diseases (1997-2022)
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- National Library of Medicine. Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092423. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092423
- Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116672186