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. 2000 Aug;84(8):922–927. doi: 10.1136/bjo.84.8.922

Molecular ophthalmology: an update on animal models for retinal degenerations and dystrophies

F HAFEZI 1, C GRIMM 1, B SIMMEN 1, A WENZEL 1, C REME 1
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