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Corneal Transplant Rejection

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    T.P.A.M. Slegers MD

  2. Cornea & External Diseases Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, EC1V 2PD, UK

    M.K. Daly MD & D.F.P. Larkin MD, MRCPF, FRCS

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Slegers, T., Daly, M., Larkin, D. (2006). Corneal Transplant Rejection. 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_6

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