Zdravko Nižetić in Heidelberg in 1934: a herald of cadaver cornea transplantation

Ljubiša Nikolić; Vesna Jovanović

doi:10.2298/VSP250204056N

Ljubiša Nikolić LaserFocus Center for Eye Microsurgery, Belgrade, Serbia
Vesna Jovanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP250204056N

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

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