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Original Article

An Experimental Study on In Situ Transfection of the Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (IL-1ra) Gene into the Rat Cornea

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Pages 997-1004 | Received 15 May 2011, Accepted 03 Jun 2012, Published online: 24 Jul 2012

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