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A common factor? Sleep, macular degeneration and neurodegenerative disease

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Stretton, B., Kovoor, J.G., Bacchi, S. et al. A common factor? Sleep, macular degeneration and neurodegenerative disease. Eye 37, 3877 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02607-8

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