Photoreceptor degeneration in aging and age-related maculopathy

Macular Degeneration

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 45-62

  Jackson, Gregory R ^a   Curcio, Christine A ^a   Sloan, Kenneth R ^b   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26977-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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