Repeated injections of a ciliary neurotrophic factor analogue leading to long-term photoreceptor survival in hereditary retinal degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1298-1305

  Chong, N H Victor ^a   Alexander, Robert A ^a   Waters, Lorraine ^a   Barnett, Keith C ^a   Bird, Alan C ^a   Luthert, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CATARACT; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA FOLD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATARACT; CATS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0032925488     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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