Therapy may yet stem from cells in the retina

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1058-1059

  Ali, Robin R ^a,b   Sowden, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0041857830     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1058     Document Type: Editorial

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