Point: A critical appraisal of the lens circulation model--an experimental paradigm for understanding the maintenance of lens transparency?

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, New Zealand National Eye Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Published: May 2010

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