Gene therapy for retinal degeneration

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 261-268

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Adenovirus; Gene transfer; Mouse; Peripherinrds; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BLINDNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030772504     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268024     Document Type: Article

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