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Original Article

Effects of Ca2+ on rabbit translens short-circuit current: evidence for a Ca2+ inhibitable K+ conductance

Lawrence J. Alvarez Departments of Ophthalmology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
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Oscar A. Candia Departments of Ophthalmology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA; Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
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Aldo C. Zamudio Departments of Ophthalmology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Pages 1198-1207 | Received 14 Mar 1996, Accepted 12 Jul 1996, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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