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Financial support and sponsorship
This work was supported by NIH grants R01-EY017037 and R01-EY030574 and a Doris and Jules Stein
Professorship Award from Research to Prevent Blindness B.D.P. Additional support was provided by a P30
core grant (P30-EY025585), a Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) Center Grant, and an Unrestricted
Award from Research to Prevent Blindness to the Cole Eye Institute. The funding bodies had no role in the
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