Morphometric analysis of optic nerves and retina from an end-stage retinitis pigmentosa patient with an implanted active epiretinal array

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4610-4616

  Eng, Jeffrey G ^a   Agrawal, Rajat N ^a,b   Tozer, Kevin R ^a   Ross Cisneros, Fred N ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^c   Greenberg, Robert J ^d   Chader, Gerald J ^a   Weiland, James D ^a,b   Rao, Narsing A ^a,b   Sadun, Alfredo A ^a,b   Humayun, Mark S ^a,b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959928810     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4936     Document Type: Article

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