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. 2001 Dec;85(12):1489–1496. doi: 10.1136/bjo.85.12.1489

Is it time for a new attitude to "simultaneous" bilateral cataract surgery?

G SMITH 1, C LIU 1
PMCID: PMC1723798  PMID: 11734526

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