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Sheremet N.L.

FGBU "NII glaznykh bolezneĭ" RAMN

Mikaelyan A.A.

Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11A Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021

Andreev A.Yu.

Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital №1, Ekaterinberg

Kiselev S.L.

Privolzhskiy Research Medical University, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Possibilities of treating retinal diseases in patients with damaged retinal pigment epithelium

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Sheremet N.L., Mikaelyan A.A., Andreev A.Yu., Kiselev S.L.

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Journal: Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2019;135(5‑2): 226‑234

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Sheremet NL, Mikaelyan AA, Andreev AYu, Kiselev SL. Possibilities of treating retinal diseases in patients with damaged retinal pigment epithelium. Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2019;135(5‑2):226‑234. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/oftalma2019135052226

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