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Letter to the Editor

Type 1 Boston Keratoprosthesis for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in Epidermolysis Bullosa

N. Geetha SravaniOphthalmic Biophysics, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-9222
, BS Opt ORCID Icon,
Ashik MohamedOphthalmic Biophysics, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, IndiaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-4930
, MBBS, MTech, PhD ORCID Icon &
Virender S. SangwanTej Kohli Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India;Centre for Ocular Regeneration, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, IndiaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-4158
, MBBS, MS ORCID Icon
Pages 282-284 | Published online: 03 Nov 2017

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