Experimental therapeutic modalities for retinitis pigmentosa

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Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-280+317

  Chowers, Itay ^a   Banin, Eyal ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary modification; Gene therapy; Growth factors; Retinitis pigmentosa; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VITAMIN;

DISEASE COURSE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUTRITION; OPTICS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VITAMINS;

EID: 0037961589     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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