The human visual cortex responds to gene therapy-mediated recovery of retinal function.

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Published in J Clin Invest on May 23, 2011

Authors

Manzar Ashtari1, Laura L Cyckowski, Justin F Monroe, Kathleen A Marshall, Daniel C Chung, Alberto Auricchio, Francesca Simonelli, Bart P Leroy, Albert M Maguire, Kenneth S Shindler, Jean Bennett

Author Affiliations

1: Diffusion Tensor Image Analyses and Brain Morphometry Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. ashtari@email.chop.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Safety Study in Subjects With Leber Congenital Amaurosis | NCT00516477

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