A new method of culturing and transferring iris pigment epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2255-2260

  Rezai, Kourous A ^a   Lai, Wico W ^a   Farrokh Siar, Lili ^a   Pearlman, Julie ^a   Shu, Judy ^a   Patel, Samir C ^a   Ernest, J Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Iris pigment epithelial cells; Phagocytosis; Proliferation; Spheroids; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; IRIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SWINE;

EID: 0030749107     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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