Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Retina Transplantation for Retinal Degenerative Disease

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-153

  Zarbin, Marco Attilio ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LENS IMPLANT; LENSECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VITRECTOMY;

FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47549086677     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.027     Document Type: Editorial

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