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Letter to the editor. “Comparison of specular microscopy and ultrasound pachymetry before and after cataract surgery”

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  1. IOBA, Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo Belén, 17, 47011, Valladolid, Spain

    Alberto López-Miguel, María Sanchidrián, Itziar Fernández, Alfredo Holgueras & Miguel J. Maldonado

  2. Rio Hortega University Hospital, Valladolid, Spain

    María Sanchidrián

  3. Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, Valladolid, Spain

    Itziar Fernández

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López-Miguel, A., Sanchidrián, M., Fernández, I. et al. Letter to the editor. “Comparison of specular microscopy and ultrasound pachymetry before and after cataract surgery”. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 255, 839–840 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-017-3605-1

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