Retinal cell transplantation in the macula: New techniques

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4121-4125

  Gouras, Peter ^a   Algvere, Peep ^b  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Macular degeneration; Photoreceptors; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA SURGERY; VISION;

AGED; ANIMALS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030540980     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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