Harvest and storage of adult human photoreceptor cells: The vibratome compared to the excimer laser

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 748-756

  Tezel, Tongalp H ^a   Kaplan, Henry J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Photoreceptors; Retinal transplantation; Retinitis pigmentosa; Vibratome

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; CANNULA; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EQUIPMENT; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE; TISSUE CULTURE;

CADAVER; CELL SURVIVAL; ESTERASES; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTORECEPTORS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031847612     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.7.748.5159     Document Type: Article

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