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Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant GMS 52387/02 to M.E.D. G.W.N. was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Ni 482/1-1). C.W.H. is supported by a grant from the Innovative Medizinische Forschung, Münster, Germany (IMF Hö-1-6-ll/98-8)
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Nietgen, G., Schmidt, J., Hesse, L. et al. Muscarinic receptor functioning and distribution in the eye: Molecular basis and implications for clinical diagnosis and therapy. Eye 13, 285–300 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1999.78
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