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The periodic acid-Schiff reaction in the cornea of the developing chick

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    Ronan O'Rahilly & David B. Meyer (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, U.S. Public Health Service)

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O'Rahilly, R., Meyer, D.B. The periodic acid-Schiff reaction in the cornea of the developing chick. Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 121, 351–368 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00523314

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