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An Ex Vivo Tissue Culture Model for Fibrovascular Complications in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
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Genetic correlates of proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Tomasz P Stryjewski1, Demetrios G Vavvas
1Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
|March 7, 2013
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