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. 1969 May;169(5):672–683. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196905000-00004

Refractometry and osmometry in clinical surgery.

A R Mansberger Jr, D R Boyd, R A Cowley, R W Buxton
PMCID: PMC1387526  PMID: 5779127

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