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Identity of pigmented subretinal cells in age-related macular degeneration

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3802, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Eleonora M. Lad, Scott W. Cousins & Alan D. Proia

  2. Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Alan D. Proia

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Lad, E.M., Cousins, S.W. & Proia, A.D. Identity of pigmented subretinal cells in age-related macular degeneration. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254, 1239–1241 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-015-3249-y

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