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Can the injection of the patient’s own bone marrow-derived stem cells preserve cone vision in retinitis pigmentosa and other diseases of the eye?

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Kociok, N. Can the injection of the patient’s own bone marrow-derived stem cells preserve cone vision in retinitis pigmentosa and other diseases of the eye?. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 243, 187–188 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-004-1062-0

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