Transplantation of RPE in age-related macular degeneration: Observations in disciform lesions and dry RPE atrophy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Algvere, Peep V ^a   Berglin, Lennart ^a   Gouras, Peter ^b   Sheng, Yaohua ^b   Kopp, Eva Dafgård ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUSEN; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGING; ATROPHY; BODY WATER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030998645     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00941722     Document Type: Article

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