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The first chapter describes the pandemic proportions of diabetes with the highest increases in China and India. It also reports about the history of vitrectomy.
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Spandau, U., Tomic, Z. (2015). Introduction. In: Small-Gauge Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14787-1_1
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