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We are grateful for excellent technical assistance of Hans-Werner Habbes, Marlen Löbbecke-Schumacher, Helmut Riese, Claudia Schneider, Helga Schulze and Ingrid Alheite. The study was supported by the intramural research funding program (Forum F468).
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Petrasch-Parwez, E., Saft, C., Schlichting, A. et al. Is the retina affected in Huntington disease?. Acta Neuropathol 110, 523–525 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1092-7
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