Variability in rate of cone degeneration in the retinal degeneration (rd/rd) mouse

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  LaVail, Matthew M ^a,b   Matthes, Michael T ^a   Yasumura, Douglas ^a   Steinberg, Roy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Mouse; Photoreceptor; Retina; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE TRANSFER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0030862818     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0308     Document Type: Article

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