Retinol Pigment Epithelium of the Rot
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From the Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel* and Department of Pathology, VA Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut and Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut. This research was supported by NIH grants EY-845, EY-3239 and the Veterans Administration. Submitted for publication: September 24, 1985. Reprint requests: Dr. Izhak Nir, Technion Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 9649, Haifa, Israel.
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