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Functional and structural assessment of retinal sheet allograft transplantation in feline hereditary retinal degeneration.
Veterinary ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000
Seiler Magdalene J, Aramant Robert B, Seeliger Mathias W, Bragadottir Ragnheidur, Mahoney Melissa, Narfstrom Kristina
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate whether sheets of fetal retinal allografts can integrate into the dystrophic Abyssinian cat retina with progressive rod cone degeneration. METHODS: Fetal retinal sheets (cat gestational day 42), incubated with BDNF microspheres, were transplanted to the subretinal space of four cats at an early disease stage. Cats were studied by fundus examinations, bilateral full-field flash ERGs, and...
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