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Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery

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    José de la Cruz M.D. (Assistant Professor) & Sandeep Jain M.D. (Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology)

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Fahd, D., de la Cruz, J., Jain, S., Azar, D. (2008). Corneal Haze after Refractive Surgery. In: Alió, J.L., Azar, D.T. (eds) Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37584-5_10

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