Allogenic fetal retinal pigment epithelial cell transplant in a patient with geographic atrophy

Retina

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 540-545

  Weisz, James M ^a   Humayun, Mark S ^a   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Del Cerro, Manuel ^b   Sunness, Janet S ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a   Soylu, Merih ^c   Rizzo, Luis ^c   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allogenic; Fetal; Geographic atrophy; Macular degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transplant

Indexed keywords

PHOSDUCIN; RHODOPSIN;

AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033512691     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199919060-00011     Document Type: Article

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