Retinal Degeneration and Regeneration—Lessons From Fishes and Amphibians

Current Pathobiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 67-78

  Ail, Divya ^a   Perron, Muriel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Thérapeutique en Ophtalmologie   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliary marginal zone; M ller glial cells; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinal regeneration; Retinal stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019022639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2167485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40139-017-0127-9     Document Type: Review

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