Retinal optogenetic therapies: Clinical criteria for candidacy

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-182

  Jacobson, S G ^a   Sumaroka, A ^a   Luo, X ^a   Cideciyan, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Leber congenital amaurosis; Nerve fiber layer; Retinal blindness; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRODOLICHYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CEP290 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRB1 GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; NERVE FIBER; OPTOGENETICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

GANGLION CELLS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; NERVE FIBER LAYER; RETINAL BLINDNESS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CHILD; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTOGENETICS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880171803     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12165     Document Type: Article

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