Subretinal transplantation of putative retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells in rat retinal degeneration model

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 216-221

  Park, Un Chul ^a   Cho, Myung Soo ^b,c   Park, Jung Hyun ^d   Kim, Sang Jin ^a   Ku, Seung Yup ^a,b   Choi, Young Min ^a,b   Moon, Shin Yong ^a,b   Yu, Hyeong Gon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Research and Development Center   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Human; Rat; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864605115     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.4.216     Document Type: Article

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