Scaffolds and stem cells: Delivery of cell transplants for retinal degenerations

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-470

  Kador, Karl E ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

photoreceptor; progenitor cell; scaffold; stem cell; tissue engineering; transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895066527     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.12.56     Document Type: Article

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