Functionalizing Cell-Based Therapy for Age-related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-682

  Zarbin, Marco A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM TRANSPLANT; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947429731     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.01.024     Document Type: Editorial

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