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Infective Complications Following LASIK

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Cornea and External Eye Disease

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  1. Corneoplastic Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK

    Adam Watson FRANZCO

  2. Eye Bank, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK

    Sheraz Daya MD

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  1. University Eye Hospital, Killianstrasse 5, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Thomas Reinhard MD (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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

    D.F.P. Larkin MD, MRCPF, FRCS

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Watson, A., Daya, S. (2006). Infective Complications Following LASIK. 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_11

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