Impediments to eye transplantation: Ocular viability following optic-nerve transection or enucleation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1134-1140

  Ellenberg, D ^a   Shi, J ^a   Jain, S ^a   Chang, J H ^a   Ripps, H ^a   Brady, S ^a   Melhem, E R ^b   Lakkis, F ^c   Adamis, A ^a,d   Chen, D F ^e   Ellis Behnke, R ^f   Langer, R S ^g   Strittmatter, S M ^h   Azar, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Jerini Ophthalmic Inc   (United States)

^e SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g USA   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EYE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISION; ANIMAL; DONOR; EYE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; EYE; EYE ENUCLEATION; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70249134612     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.155267     Document Type: Review

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