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Controversies and Limitations of Amniotic Membrane in Ophthalmic Surgery

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  1. Eye ENT Centre, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

    Harminder S. Dua MD, PhD (Chair)

  2. Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Eye ENT Centre, Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

    V. Senthil Maharajan MS, FRCS & Andy Hopkinson PhD

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Dua, H.S., Maharajan, V.S., Hopkinson, A. (2006). Controversies and Limitations of Amniotic Membrane in Ophthalmic Surgery. 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_2

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