Declining availability of human eye tissues for research

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2747-2749

  Curcio, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE CARE; EYEBANK; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; DONOR; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33746664808     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0978     Document Type: Short Survey

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