Gene therapy for inherited retinal degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 795-801

  Ali, R R ^a   Reichel, M B ^a   Hunt, D M ^a   Bhattacharya, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030707839     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.9.795     Document Type: Review

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