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Human Sclera Maintains Common Characteristics with Cartilage throughout Evolution
BACKGROUND: The sclera maintains and protects the eye ball, which receives visual inputs. Although the sclera does not contribute significantly to visual perception, scleral diseases such as refractory scleritis, scleral perforation and pathological myopia are considered incurable or difficult to cu...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19002264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003709 |