Partial and full-thickness neuroretinal transplants

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Ghosh, Fredrik ^a,b   Juliusson, Bengt ^a   Arnér, Karin ^a   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Full thickness; Histology; Photoreceptor; Rabbit; Retina; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033046190     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0582     Document Type: Article

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