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Original Article

Inhibition of naphthalene cataract in rats by aldose reductase inhibitors

Marjorie F. Lou Center for Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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Guo-Tong Xu Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, North Texas State University Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107
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Samuel Zigler National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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Bill York Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX, 76134, USA
Pages 423-432 | Received 18 Aug 1995, Accepted 05 Jan 1996, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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