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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Scijournal_title
Investigative ophthalmology & visual scienceauthors
Flügel-Koch C,Neuhuber WL,Kaufman PL,Lütjen-Drecoll Edoi
10.1167/iovs.09-3783subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-12-01 00:00:00pages
5529-36issue
12eissn
0146-0404issn
1552-5783pii
iovs.09-3783journal_volume
50pub_type
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