Protective effects of human iPS-derived retinal pigment epithelium cell transplantation in the retinal dystrophic rat.

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Published in PLoS One on December 03, 2009

Authors

Amanda-Jayne Carr1, Anthony A Vugler, Sherry T Hikita, Jean M Lawrence, Carlos Gias, Li Li Chen, David E Buchholz, Ahmad Ahmado, Ma'ayan Semo, Matthew J K Smart, Shazeen Hasan, Lyndon da Cruz, Lincoln V Johnson, Dennis O Clegg, Pete J Coffey

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1: Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom. a.carr@ucl.ac.uk

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