Bicentennial of keratoplasty: Thus spoke the pioneers

Ljubisa B Nikolić

doi:10.2298/VSP240521059N

Ljubisa B Nikolić Laser Focus Center for Eye Microsurgery, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP240521059N

Keywords: corneal transplantation;, history of medicine;, history, 19th century;, history, 20th century;, ophthalmologic surgical procedures.

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