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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Domenico Lepore & Luigi Scullica

  2. Institute of Composite Materials Technology C.N.R. and C.R.I.B., University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Luigi Ambrosio, Roberto De Santis & Luigi Nicolais

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    Rolando Barbucci

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Lepore, D., Ambrosio, L., De Santis, R., Nicolais, L., Scullica, L. (2002). The Eye. In: Barbucci, R. (eds) Integrated Biomaterials Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47583-9_11

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