Treatment of macular degeneration using embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium: Preliminary results in Asian patients

Stem Cell Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 860-872

  Song, Won Kyung ^a   Park, Kyung Mi ^b   Kim, Hyun Ju ^b   Lee, Jae Ho ^b   Choi, Jinjung ^a   Chong, So Young ^a   Shim, Sung Han ^a   Del Priore, Lucian V ^c   Lanza, Robert ^d  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b CHA Biotech Co   (South Korea)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Ocata Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STARGARDT DISEASE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84929295709     PISSN: 22136711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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