ACTA-EVER lecture 2007: The retinal pigment epithelium: Friend or foe?

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-597

  La Cour, Morten ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Pigment epithelium of eye; Retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SILICONE OIL;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SWINE; VISION; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; STEM CELLS; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51049098352     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01373.x     Document Type: Review

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