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    Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Monika Fleckenstein, Richard Spaide & Frank G Holz

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Schmitz-Valckenberg, S., Fleckenstein, M., Spaide, R., Holz, F.G. (2010). Autofluorescence Imaging. In: Holz, F.G., Spaide, R. (eds) Medical Retina. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85540-8_5

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