Histological evidence for revascularisation of an autologous retinal pigment epithelium-choroid graft in the pig

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-550

  Maaijwee, Kristel J M ^b   Van Meurs, Jan C ^c   Kirchhof, Bernd ^b   Mooij, Cornelia M ^d   Fischer, Jurgen H ^b   Mackiewicz, Jerzy ^b   Kobuch, Karin ^e   Joussen, Antonia M ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECURRENCE; RETINA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 34247263164     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.103259     Document Type: Article

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