The implications of rod-dependent cone survival for basic and clinical research

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3071-3074

  Hicks, David ^a   Sabel, José ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0032697707     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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