Lens regeneration in mice: Implications in cataracts

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-299

  Call, Mindy K ^a   Grogg, Matthew W ^a   Del Rio Tsonis, Katia ^b   Tsonis, Panagiotis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Lens; Mouse; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL HOST; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS CAPSULE; LENS FIBER; LENSECTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0347021111     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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