Transgenic animal models for the study of inherited retinal dystrophies

ILAR Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Flannery, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0005105171     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.40.2.51     Document Type: Article

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