Confluent monolayers of cultured human fetal retinal pigment epithelium exhibit morphology and physiology of native tissue.

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Published in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci on August 01, 2006

Authors

Arvydas Maminishkis1, Shan Chen, Stephen Jalickee, Tina Banzon, Guangpu Shi, Fei E Wang, Todd Ehalt, Jeffrey A Hammer, Sheldon S Miller

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1: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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