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Research Article

On the nature of hereditary cataract in strain 13/N guinea pigs

Frederick A. Bettelheim Departments of 1Chemistry and Biology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY and National Eye Institute, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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A. Coolidge Churchill Departments of 1Chemistry and Biology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY and National Eye Institute, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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J. Samuel Zigler, Jr. Departments of 1Chemistry and Biology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY and National Eye Institute, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Pages 917-924 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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