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Alarcon-Martinez, L., Kureli, G., Dalkara, T. (2021). Pericytes in Retinal Ischemia. In: Birbrair, A. (eds) Biology of Pericytes – Recent Advances. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, vol 68. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62129-2_5

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