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. 1964 Mar;48(3):121–132. doi: 10.1136/bjo.48.3.121

EVOLUTION OF PLASTIC MATERIAL IN THE SURGERY OF RETINAL DETACHMENT*

Peter Rycroft 1
PMCID: PMC505923  PMID: 14193664

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