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Brian Toy, MD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
School	Keck School of Medicine of Usc
Address	HC4 4900 1450 San Pablo Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles CA 90033-6103
Phone	+1 323 442 6412
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Title(s)	Director of Clinical Informatics and Information Technology
Title(s)	Service Chief of the Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation Service

Overview

Brian Toy, MD, is a vitreoretinal fellow and clinical instructor at the USC Roski Eye Institute. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in bioengineering, received an MD with distinction from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed a clinical research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. He completed an internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a major county healthcare system in the Bay Area, and then completed an ophthalmology residency at Stanford University. Toy’s professional interests include retinal imaging, telemedicine and safety net care, particularly as applied to diabetic retinopathy. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, skiing, and spending time with friends and family.

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Corrigendum to "Practice Patterns and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Clinical Care of Anatomical Narrow Angles in the United States" [American Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 261 (2024) Pages 66-75]. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Dec 31. Yoo K, Apolo G, Lung K, Toy B, Xu B. PMID: 39743455.

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Outpatient Oral Doxycycline Therapy for Ocular Syphilis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2449364. Bao YK, Hwang J, Long C, Davar K, Kapadia N, Spellberg B, Wong B, Rao N, Toy BC. PMID: 39641931; PMCID: PMC11624577.

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Med Medicine (General)
Clinico-pathologic correlation in ocular sarcoidosis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2024 Dec; 36:102220. Rao A, Hwang J, Wen J, Edminster S, Sibug-Saber M, Rao N, Toy BC. PMID: 39583292; PMCID: PMC11584688.

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A CASE OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS COINFECTION. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2024 Jul 01; 18(4):451-454. Lopez J, Hua HU, Toy BC. PMID: 36977333; PMCID: PMC11249089.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans Cells
Similar Risk of Kidney Failure among Patients with Blinding Diseases Who Receive Ranibizumab, Aflibercept, and Bevacizumab: An Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics Network Study. Ophthalmol Retina. 2024 Aug; 8(8):733-743. Cai CX, Nishimura A, Bowring MG, Westlund E, Tran D, Ng JH, Nagy P, Cook M, McLeggon JA, DuVall SL, Matheny ME, Golozar A, Ostropolets A, Minty E, Desai P, Bu F, Toy B, Hribar M, Falconer T, Zhang L, Lawrence-Archer L, Boland MV, Goetz K, Hall N, Shoaibi A, Reps J, Sena AG, Blacketer C, Swerdel J, Jhaveri KD, Lee E, Gilbert Z, Zeger SL, Crews DC, Suchard MA, Hripcsak G, Ryan PB. PMID: 38519026; PMCID: PMC11298306.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Patterns and Disparities in Recorded Gonioscopy During Initial Glaucoma Evaluations in the United States. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 08; 264:90-98. Lee JH, Yoo K, Lung K, Apolo G, Toy B, Sanvicente C, Xu B. PMID: 38423202; PMCID: PMC11257810.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Variations in Electronic Health Record-Based Definitions of Diabetic Retinopathy Cohorts: A Literature Review and Quantitative Analysis. Ophthalmol Sci. 2024 Jul-Aug; 4(4):100468. Chen JS, Copado IA, Vallejos C, Kalaw FGP, Soe P, Cai CX, Toy BC, Borkar D, Sun CQ, Shantha JG, Baxter SL. PMID: 38560278; PMCID: PMC10973665.

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Practice Patterns and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Clinical Care of Anatomical Narrow Angles in the United States. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 05; 261:66-75. Yoo K, Apolo G, Lung K, Toy B, Xu B. PMID: 38218513; PMCID: PMC11031323.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Mitigating Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity with a Clinical Decision Support Tool. Ophthalmology. 2023 08; 130(8):874-876. Mehta P, Situ BA, Wise LM, Savvas S, Daskivich LP, Toy BC. PMID: 37105380; PMCID: PMC10527761.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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PURTSCHER-LIKE RETINOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF OUTCOMES. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2023 Mar 01; 17(2):154-159. Gange WS, Haghighi A, Toy BC. PMID: 33492076; PMCID: PMC11249091.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Infectious Uveitis: Conversations with the Experts. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2023 09; 31(7):1333-1341. Agrawal R, Thng ZX, Gupta A, Toy BC, Dick AD, Smith JR, Chee SP, Gupta V, Rao NA. PMID: 36345248; PMCID: PMC11249092.

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All Allergy and Immunology Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans
Rates and Patterns of Diagnostic Conversion from Anatomical Narrow Angle to Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma in the United States. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2023 Mar-Apr; 6(2):169-176. Yoo K, Apolo G, Zhou S, Burkemper B, Lung K, Song B, Wong B, Toy B, Camp A, Xu B. PMID: 36058536; PMCID: PMC9978040.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Factors Affecting Ophthalmology Trainees to Pursue Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017). 2022 Jan; 14(1):e110-e119. O'Fee JR, Rayess N, Pan CK, Toy BC. PMID: 37388470; PMCID: PMC9927957.

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Response to Comment on Gange et al. Incidence of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Neovascular Sequelae at 5 Years Following Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2021;44:2518-2526. Diabetes Care. 2022 03 01; 45(3):e61-e62. Lopez J, Gange WS, Lung K, Xu BY, Seabury SA, Toy BC. PMID: 35245351; PMCID: PMC8918259.

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End Endocrinology
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A Smartphone-Based Near-Vision Testing System: Design, Accuracy, and Reproducibility Compared With Standard Clinical Measures. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2022 02; 53(2):79-84. Kim DG, Webel AD, Blumenkranz MS, Kim Y, Yang JH, Yu SY, Kwak HW, Palanker D, Toy B, Myung D. PMID: 35148218; PMCID: PMC10637325.

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Gen General Surgery Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Racial and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Detection of Narrow Angles before Detection of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma in the United States. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2022 Jul-Aug; 5(4):388-395. Apolo G, Bohner A, Pardeshi A, Lung K, Toy B, Wong B, Song B, Camp A, Xu B. PMID: 35085828; PMCID: PMC9309181.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Incidence of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Neovascular Sequelae at 5 Years Following Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2021 11; 44(11):2518-2526. Gange WS, Lopez J, Xu BY, Lung K, Seabury SA, Toy BC. PMID: 34475031; PMCID: PMC8546279.

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End Endocrinology
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Implementation of a pilot teleretinal screening protocol for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy in a Los Angeles County safety net clinic. J Telemed Telecare. 2023 Sep; 29(8):648-656. Situ BA, Hua HU, Kaakour AH, Daskivich LP, Savvas S, Toy BC. PMID: 34134549; PMCID: PMC11318349.

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Hea Health Services Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans
Big Data-Based Epidemiology of Uveitis and Related Intraocular Inflammation. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2021 Jan-Feb 01; 10(1):60-62. Akhter M, Toy B. PMID: 33512828; PMCID: PMC11249090.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Comparison of Telemedicine Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy by Mydriatic Smartphone-Based vs Nonmydriatic Tabletop Camera-Based Fundus Imaging. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2021 May; 5(3):199-207. Han YS, Pathipati M, Pan C, Leung LS, Blumenkranz MS, Myung D, Toy BC. PMID: 34632255; PMCID: PMC8496880.

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Interleukins and cytokine biomarkers in uveitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 09; 68(9):1750-1763. Balamurugan S, Das D, Hasanreisoglu M, Toy BC, Akhter M, Anuradha VK, Anthony E, Gurnani B, Kaur K. PMID: 32823391; PMCID: PMC7690463.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of infectious uveitis and scleritis in the United States: A claims-based analysis. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237995. Zhang Y, Amin S, Lung KI, Seabury S, Rao N, Toy BC. PMID: 32841267; PMCID: PMC7447056.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
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Quantifying Subclinical and Longitudinal Microvascular Changes Following Episcleral Plaque Brachytherapy Using Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2020 Nov; 4(6):499-508. Green KM, Toy BC, Ashimatey BS, Mustafi D, Jennelle RL, Astrahan MA, Chu Z, Wang RK, Kim J, Berry JL, Kashani AH. PMID: 33409441; PMCID: PMC7785061.

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Rates of Eye Care and Diabetic Eye Disease among Insured Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes. Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 02; 5(2):160-168. Gange WS, Xu BY, Lung K, Toy BC, Seabury SA. PMID: 32653554; PMCID: PMC11318347.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Multimodal imaging reveals pathological edges of disease activity in tuberculosis-associated multifocal serpiginoid chorioiditis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Sep; 19:100766. Mustafi D, Rao NA, Toy BC. PMID: 32548335; PMCID: PMC7286979.

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Assessment of Eye Disease and Visual Impairment in the Nursing Home Population Using Mobile Health Technology. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020 05 01; 51(5):262-270. Lai KY, Pathipati MP, Blumenkranz MS, Leung LS, Moshfeghi DM, Toy BC, Myung D. PMID: 32511729; PMCID: PMC7408519.

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Gen General Surgery Oph Ophthalmology
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Retinal capillary hemangioblastomatosis and renal tumor in Von Hippel-Lindau disease. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Jun; 18:100718. Gange WS, Toy BC. PMID: 32395668; PMCID: PMC7210392.

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Astigmatic outcomes in myopic wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis versus wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy using vector analysis. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Nov; 44(11):1350-1354. Lee MD, Toy BC, Manche EE. PMID: 30201128.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Vector Analysis of 1-Year Astigmatic Outcomes From a Randomized Fellow Eye Comparison of Photorefractive Keratectomy Using 2 Excimer Laser Platforms. Eye Contact Lens. 2018 Sep; 44 Suppl 1:S71-S76. Toy BC, Manche EE. PMID: 28002091.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Reply. Retina. 2017 06; 37(6):e77. He L, Toy B, Blumenkranz M, Chang R, Myung D. PMID: 28376047.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Reply. Ophthalmology. 2017 06; 124(6):e53. Toy BC, Schachar IH, Tan GSW, Moshfeghi DM. PMID: 28528840.

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Oph Ophthalmology
POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY: A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2017 Winter; 11 Suppl 1:S128-S131. Moussa K, Bloomer MM, Schwartz DM, Pan CK, Toy BC, Crawford JB, Afshar AR. PMID: 27930435.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Chronic Vascular Arrest as a Predictor of Bevacizumab Treatment Failure in Retinopathy of Prematurity. Ophthalmology. 2016 10; 123(10):2166-75. Toy BC, Schachar IH, Tan GS, Moshfeghi DM. PMID: 27506484.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Non-Mydriatic Fundus Camera Screening for Referral-Warranted Diabetic Retinopathy in a Northern California Safety-Net Setting. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2016 07 01; 47(7):636-42. Toy BC, Aguinaldo T, Eliason J, Egbert J. PMID: 27434895.

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Gen General Surgery Oph Ophthalmology
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SMARTPHONE-BASED DILATED FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY AND NEAR VISUAL ACUITY TESTING AS INEXPENSIVE SCREENING TOOLS TO DETECT REFERRAL WARRANTED DIABETIC EYE DISEASE. Retina. 2016 May; 36(5):1000-8. Toy BC, Myung DJ, He L, Pan CK, Chang RT, Polkinhorne A, Merrell D, Foster D, Blumenkranz MS. PMID: 26807627.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Vector analysis of 1-year astigmatic outcomes from a prospective, randomized, fellow eye comparison of wavefront-guided and wavefront-optimized LASIK in myopes. J Refract Surg. 2015 May; 31(5):322-7. Toy BC, Yu C, Manche EE. PMID: 25974971.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Effect of ranibizumab on high-speed indocyanine green angiography and minimum intensity projection optical coherence tomography findings in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Retina. 2015 Jan; 35(1):58-68. Nicholson BP, Nigam D, Toy B, Stetson PF, Agrón E, Jacobs-El N, Cunningham D, Cukras C, Wong W, Wiley H, Chew E, Ferris F, Meyerle CB. PMID: 25077529; PMCID: PMC4276448.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Assessment of HBV preventive services in a medically underserved Asian and Pacific Islander population using provider and patient data. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan; 30(1):68-74. Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Burman BE, Yu A, Chen AH, Berman P, Nguyen T, Chan D, Hammer H, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. PMID: 25324148; PMCID: PMC4284271.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Hepatitis B management in vulnerable populations: gaps in disease monitoring and opportunities for improved care. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jan; 59(1):46-56. Burman BE, Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Nguyen TT, Chen AH, Yu A, Berman P, Hammer H, Chan D, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. PMID: 24052195; PMCID: PMC3947196.

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Gas Gastroenterology
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Drusen regression is associated with local changes in fundus autofluorescence in intermediate age-related macular degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep; 156(3):532-542.e1. Toy BC, Krishnadev N, Indaram M, Cunningham D, Cukras CA, Chew EY, Wong WT. PMID: 23830564; PMCID: PMC3748172.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Prevalence and progression of pigment clumping associated with idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2. Retina. 2013 Apr; 33(4):762-70. Meleth AD, Toy BC, Nigam D, Agrón E, Murphy RP, Chew EY, Wong WT. PMID: 23064429; PMCID: PMC3549320.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Longitudinal analysis of retinal hemangioblastomatosis and visual function in ocular von Hippel-Lindau disease. Ophthalmology. 2012 Dec; 119(12):2622-30. Toy BC, Agrón E, Nigam D, Chew EY, Wong WT. PMID: 22906772; PMCID: PMC3504630.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Identification of rat ventral tegmental area GABAergic neurons. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e42365. Margolis EB, Toy B, Himmels P, Morales M, Fields HL. PMID: 22860119; PMCID: PMC3409171.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
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Treatment of nonneovascular idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2 with intravitreal ranibizumab: results of a phase II clinical trial. Retina. 2012 May; 32(5):996-1006. Toy BC, Koo E, Cukras C, Meyerle CB, Chew EY, Wong WT. PMID: 22266930; PMCID: PMC4696751.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
A model for interprofessional health disparities education: student-led curriculum on chronic hepatitis B infection. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 May; 25 Suppl 2:S140-5. Sheu LC, Toy BC, Kwahk E, Yu A, Adler J, Lai CJ. PMID: 20352509; PMCID: PMC2847097.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Delays in neural processing during working memory encoding in normal aging. Neuropsychologia. 2010 Jan; 48(1):13-25. Zanto TP, Toy B, Gazzaley A. PMID: 19666036; PMCID: PMC2794969.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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