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Basic Psychosomatics Emotions in anophthalmic patients

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4. Pine K, Sloan B, Stewart J, Jacobs RJ. Concerns of
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest in this work. 6. Rokohl AC, Koch KR, Trester M, Trester W, Pine KR,
Heindl LM. Concerns of anophthalmic patients wearing
Author contributions cryolite glass prosthetic eyes. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr

Conceptualization: Ke Xiong, Yongzhi Zhao Surg. 2018;34(4):369-374.
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