Functional and structural assessment of retinal sheet allograft transplantation in feline hereditary retinal degeneration

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Seiler, Magdalene J ^a,b   Aramant, Robert B ^a,c   Seeliger, Mathias W ^d   Bragadottir, Ragnheidur ^e   Mahoney, Melissa ^f   Narfstrom, Kristina ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssinian cat; Fetal sheets; Fluorescein angiography; ICG; Immunohistochemistry; Retinal degeneration; Retinal transplantation; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

FELIDAE;

EID: 65349156908     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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