Normally occurring loss of single cells and repair of resulting defects in retinal pigment epithelium in situ

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Nagai, Haruhiko ^a,b   Kalnins, Vitauts I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell death; defects; microfilaments; repair; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029926179     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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