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P30 CORE award EY08098 from the National Eye Institute, NIH, and unrestricted supporting funds from The Research to Prevent Blindness Inc, NY, the Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh and the Children’s Foundation.
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KKN and ST performed surgery; EF, and ST collected the data; EF and ST generated the figures; EF drafted the manuscript; all revised and approved the manuscript.
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Franco, E., Tibrewal, S. & Nischal, K.K. Persistent foetal vasculature masquerading as Peters anomaly. Eye 38, 3022–3024 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03194-y
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