Storage of human fetal retina in optisol prior to subretinal transplantation

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 553-561

  Diloreto Jr , David A ^a   Del Cerro, Coca ^a   Lazar, Eliot S ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Del Cerro, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Immunosuppression; Light damage; Retina transplantation; Storage medium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA; CHIRON;

EID: 0029759981     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(95)02018-7     Document Type: Article

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