New approach to the treatment of blinding ocular diseases in animals

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-5

  Bjerkås, Ellen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BLINDNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; EYE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GLAUCOMA; IMPLANTATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; GLAUCOMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249865638     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.03.021     Document Type: Editorial

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