We studied the use of autologous oral mucosal epithelial cells as a source of cells for the reconstruction of the corneal surface. We harvested 3-by-3-mm specimens of oral mucosal tissue from four ...

Oral corticosteroids are the primary treatment ... because the remaining Dsg3 can completely maintain cell–cell adhesion of the mucosal epithelium. In mucosal-dominant type of pemphigus vulgaris ...