Bio-polymeric hydrogels for regeneration of corneal epithelial tissue*Footnote

* The manuscript is part of a PhD thesis of Bahareh Pourjabbar in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran (Study ID: 18242).

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