Photoreceptor stability and degeneration in mammalian retina: Lessons from the edge

Macular Degeneration

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 149-165

  Stone, Jonathan ^a,b   Mervin, Kyle ^b   Walsh, Natalie ^b   Valter, Krisztina ^a,b   Provis, Jan M ^a,b,c   Penfold, Philip L ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84889969750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26977-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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