Culture of human retinal pigment epithelial cells from peripheral scleral flap biopsies

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 392-402

  Ishida, Masahiro ^a   Lui, Ge Ming ^a   Yamani, Amir ^a   Sugino, Ilene K ^a   Zarbin, Marco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinal pigment epithelium transplantation; Scleral flap biopsy; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHOROID; DONOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCLERA;

EID: 0031976165     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713689808951220     Document Type: Article

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