Retinal cell transplant

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1994-10-13

1999-10-05

Witz, Jean C.

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424422, 424423, 424427, 623 4, 623 5, A61K 3544

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ABSTRACT:
Surgical instruments, surgical techniques, grafts, cell and tissue isolation techniques, and a method for transplanting retinal cells, including photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and choroidea within their normal configuration, or all three tissues in a co-transplantation procedure are provided.

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