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Manipulating the Murine Lacrimal Gland
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Manipulating the Murine Lacrimal Gland

Published on: November 18, 2014

Calcium in tears, lacrimal gland fluid, and fluid from the other orbital glands

G Horowitz, J W Lammers, S Sussman

    Investigative Ophthalmology
    |December 1, 1976
    PubMed

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