Long-term outcome of RPE allografts to the subretinal space of rabbits

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-254

  Crafoord, Sven ^a   Algvere, Peep V ^b   Seregard, Stefan ^c   Kopp, Eva Dafgård ^c  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allograft; Graft failure; Graft survival; Macrophages; Retina; RPE transplantation; Subretinal space

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CELL SUSPENSION; CILIARY DISK; COLOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; RETINOTOMY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0033048646     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770301.x     Document Type: Article

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