Autologous peripheral retinal pigment epithelium translocation in patients with subfoveal neovascular membranes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-113

  Van Meurs, J C ^a   Ter Averst, E ^b   Hofland, L J ^b   Van Hagen, P M ^b   Mooy, C M ^b   Baarsma, G S ^a   Kuijpers, R W ^b   Boks, T ^b   Stalmans, P ^c  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLYSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0346494623     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.88.1.110     Document Type: Article

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