Stem-cell therapy in retinal disease

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Baker, Paul S ^a,b   Brown, Gary C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Retina transplant; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FETAL STEM CELL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FETAL STEM CELLS; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 65549121182     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e328329b5f2     Document Type: Review

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