Inner retinal preservation in rat models of retinal degeneration implanted with subretinal 1 photovoltaic arrays
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Inner retinal preservation in rat models of retinal degeneration implanted with subretinal 1 photovoltaic arrays 2 3 Jacob G. Light, James W. Fransen, Adewumi N. Adekunle, Alice Adkins, Gobinda 4 Pangeni, James Loudin, Keith Mathieson, Daniel V. Palanker, Maureen A. McCall, 5 Machelle T. Pardue. 6 Ophthalmology, Emory University; Rehab R&D Center of Excellence, Atlanta VA Medical 7 Center; Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of 8 Louisville; Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Ophthalmology, Stanford University; 9 Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, UK 10 11
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تاریخ انتشار 2015