Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial Transplantation in Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Tezel, Tongalp H ^a   Del Priore, Lucian V ^b   Berger, Adam S ^c   Kaplan, Henry J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Vitreous and Retina Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947408058     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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