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Dua, H.S. (2006). Transplantation of Limbal Stem Cells. In: Reinhard, T., Larkin, D. (eds) Cornea and External Eye Disease. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31226-9_3
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