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  1. Cornea and refractive Surgery Unit, Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular (IMO), Josep Maria Llado 3, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Jose L. Güell M.D., Ph.D., Merce Morral M.D., Ph.D., Daniel Elies M.D., Oscar Gris M.D., Ph.D. & Felicidad Manero M.D.

  2. Cornea, Cirugia Refractive y seg. Anterior, Hospital Angeles Puebla, Av Kepler 2143 Cons 730, Col. Reserva Territorial Atlixcayud, Puebla, CP 72190, Mexico

    Javier Gaytan M.D.

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Güell, J.L., Morral, M., Elies, D., Gris, O., Gaytan, J., Manero, F. (2018). Melting. In: Alio, J., Azar, D. (eds) Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60561-6_12

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