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Original Article

Vitamin a is stored as fatty acyl esters of retinol in the lacrimal gland

John L. Ubels Departments of Physiology and Ophthalmology, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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Thomas B. Osgood Departments of Physiology and Ophthalmology, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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Kevin M. Foley Departments of Physiology and Ophthalmology, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
Pages 1009-1016 | Received 13 May 1988, Accepted 15 Sep 1988, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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