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Cataract and Refractive Surgery Post-operative Care: Teleophthalmology’s Challenge in Argentina

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  1. Instituto Zaldivar, Emilio Civit 685, M5502GVG, Mendoza, Argentina

    Giselle Ricur, Roberto Zaldivar & Maria Gabriela Batiz

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Center of Excellence in E-Medicine, University of Western Australia, Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands, 6009, WA, Australia

    Kanagasingam Yogesan PhD (Professor in Ophthalmology and Director) & Sajeesh Kumar PhD (Professor in Ophthalmology and Director) & 

  2. Telehealth and Medical Informatics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, 94304, USA

    Leonard Goldschmidt MD, PhD (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

  3. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-2020, USA

    Jorge Cuadros OD, PhD

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Ricur, G., Zaldivar, R., Batiz, M.G. (2006). Cataract and Refractive Surgery Post-operative Care: Teleophthalmology’s Challenge in Argentina. In: Yogesan, K., Kumar, S., Goldschmidt, L., Cuadros, J. (eds) Teleophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33714-8_27

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