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Böhringer, D., Sundmacher, R., Reinhard, T. (2006). Histocompatibility Matching in Penetrating Keratoplasty. 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_8
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