Functional analysis after auto iris pigment epithelial cell transplantation in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-305

  Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Yoshida, Madoka ^a   Tomita, Hiroshi ^a   Kano, Tetsuya ^a   Nakagawa, Yoichi ^a   Sato, Masami ^a   Wada, Yuko ^a   Fuse, Nobuo ^a   Yamada, Tasuku ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033253283     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.189.295     Document Type: Article

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