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Research Article

Defensin gene expression in the cornea

J.D. Gottsch Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Q. Li Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
M.F. Ashraf Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
T.P. O'Brien Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
W.J. Stark Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
&
S.H. Liu Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pages 1082-1086 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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