Retinal transplants: Hope to preserve and restore vision

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Seiler, Magdalene J ^a   Aramant, Robert B ^a,b   Keirstead, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 53549087497     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/opn.19.4.000036     Document Type: Article

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