Intraretinal transplantation to prevent photoreceptor degeneration

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Lund, R D ^a   Coffey, P J ^b   Sauve Y ^a   Lawrence, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Functional assessment; RCS rat; Retinal ganglion cell degeneration Intraretinal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030882020     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268029     Document Type: Article

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