Retinal disease in vertebrates

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 629-639

  Brockerhoff, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0035783496     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31049-x     Document Type: Review

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