Retinoids and the visual process

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-621

  Crouch, Rosalie K ^a   Chader, Gerald J ^b   Wiggert, Barbara ^b   Pepperberg, David R ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 0030266978     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03114.x     Document Type: Review

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