Expression of connexin genes in the human retina

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Söhl, Goran ^a,c   Joussen, Antonia ^b,d   Kociok, Norbert ^b,e   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Martinus Gymnasium Linz   (Austria)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

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EID: 84858614995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-27     Document Type: Article

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