Basic fibroblast growth factor treatment delays age-related photoreceptor degeneration in Fischer 344 rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Lin, Ning ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Sheedlo, Harold J ^a   Turner, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age related retinopathy; basic fibroblast growth factor (hFGF); Fischer 344 rat; peripheral retinal degeneration; photoreceptor cell

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031080117     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0208     Document Type: Article

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