Selective transplantation of rods delays cone loss in a retinitis pigmentosa model

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 807-811

  Mohand Said, Saddek ^a   Hicks, David ^a   Dreyfus, Henri ^a   Sahel, Jośe Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0034081449     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.6.807     Document Type: Article

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