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. 2006 Oct;90(10):1222-3.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.101527.

The first successful full-thickness corneal transplant: a commentary on Eduard Zirm's landmark paper of 1906

W J Armitage  1 , A B Tullo, D F P Larkin
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The first successful full-thickness corneal transplant: a commentary on Eduard Zirm's landmark paper of 1906

W J Armitage et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

The first successful full‐thickness corneal transplant was performed in 1905

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Competing interests: None declared.

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