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Some one third of all the globes received in a routine laboratory service will exhibit pathological changes which illustrate the final stages of processes initiated by trauma. While “trauma” embraces all forms of insult — chemical, toxic, radiation, etc. — in practice, mechanical injury is the most frequently encountered.
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Lee, W.R. (1993). The Traumatised Eye. In: Ophthalmic Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3843-3_2
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