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Laser Applications in Ophthalmology

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If one thinks about therapy by means of light, the eye comes immediately to mind. The anatomy of the eye is constructed specifically to let light into the organ and, therefore, most of the structures inside the mammalian eye can be hit by light.

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Mrochen, M., Seiler, T. (2003). Laser Applications in Ophthalmology. In: Berlien, HP., Müller, G.J. (eds) Applied Laser Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18979-1_12

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