Age Changes in Bruch's Membrane and Related Structures

Retina: Fourth Edition

Volumn 2-3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1029-1039

  Guymer, Robyn ^a   Bird, Alan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02598-0.50065-3     Document Type: Chapter

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