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  1. Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, M041 Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21287-9115, USA

    Gerard A. Lutty Ph.D., Imran Bhutto M.D., Ph.D. & Donald Scott McLeod

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, M041 Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21287-9115, USA

    Imran Bhutto M.D., Ph.D.

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  2. Health Science Center, Deptartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas, Floyd Curl Drive 7703, San Antonio, 78229-3900, Texas, USA

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Lutty, G.A., Bhutto, I., McLeod, D.S. (2012). Anatomy of the Ocular Vasculatures. In: Schmetterer, L., Kiel, J. (eds) Ocular Blood Flow. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69469-4_1

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