Descemet's membrane as membranous support in RPE/IPE transplantation

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1236-1238

  Thumann, Gabriele ^a,b,c   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Heimann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine (cattle); Descemets membrane; Iris pigment epithelium; Porcine (pig); Retinal pigment epithelium; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAFT REJECTION; MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030721609     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.12.1236.5031     Document Type: Article

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