Short-term study of retinal pigment epithelium sheet transplants onto Bruch's membrane

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Wang, Hao ^a   Yagi, Fumihiko ^b   Cheewatrakoolpong, Noounanong ^a   Sugino, Ilene K ^a   Zarbin, Marco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bruch's membrane; Cell proliferation; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GELATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CAT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; STUDY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSPLANTATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0344688195     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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