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Original Article

siRNA Targeting Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Attenuates Experimental Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

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Pages 973-984 | Received 15 May 2007, Accepted 30 Aug 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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