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. 1976 Dec;60(12):819–828. doi: 10.1136/bjo.60.12.819

Laser induced phagocytosis in the pigment epithelium of the Hunter dystrophic rat.

P L Ansell, J Marshall
PMCID: PMC1042852  PMID: 1009065

Abstract

The retinae of 14-day-old Hunter dystrophic rats have been subjected to low-energy irradiation by a pulsed ruby laser. Fifteen days after exposure, pigment epithelial cells had proliferated and repopulated the irradiated areas. In all such areas the subretinal photoreceptor debris had been reduced or lost.

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