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Original Article

Prevention of Intracellular Oxidative Stress to Lens by Pyruvate and Its Ester

S. D. Varma Department of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 22201, USA
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P. S. Devamanoharan Department of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 22201, USA
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A. H. Ali Department of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 22201, USA
Pages 131-135 | Received 28 Aug 1997, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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