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Buková A, Chovanová E, Küchelová Z, Junger J, Horbacz A, Majherová M, Duranková S. Association between Educational Level and Physical Activity in Chronic Disease Patients of Eastern Slovakia. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9111447. [PMID: 34828493 PMCID: PMC8619688 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9111447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Aims: This study aimed to investigate selected chronic diseases patients with different educational attainment regarding their awareness of and compliance with recommended physical activity. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to February 2019 in cooperation with chronic diseases clinics in eastern Slovakia. The study involved 893 patients. Results: People with higher education apparently recognise to a greater extent the importance of nutrition, diet, and the role of physical activity in treating their disease. Moreover, they have knowledge of physical exercises appropriate for their disease. Conversely, a noticeably higher number of less educated patients reported receiving general, respectively detailed information about the importance of physical activity in treating their disease. Differences in awareness of appropriate exercises and their implementation were not statistically significant. Conclusions: The results fail to prove educational attainment being a key determinant of chronic diseases. However, it can be reasonably argued that lower educational attainment may be a reliable risk signal of chronic diseases in later life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alena Buková
- Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.K.); (J.J.); (A.H.)
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- Faculty of Sport, University of Prešov, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia;
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- Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.K.); (J.J.); (A.H.)
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- Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.K.); (J.J.); (A.H.)
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- Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.K.); (J.J.); (A.H.)
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- Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia; (M.M.); (S.D.)
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- Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia; (M.M.); (S.D.)
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Bergier J, Tsos A, Popovych D, Bergier B, Niźnikowska E, Ács P, Junger J, Salonna F. Level of and Factors Determining Physical Activity in Students in Ukraine and the Visegrad Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15:ijerph15081738. [PMID: 30104546 PMCID: PMC6121614 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15081738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Background: Examining the level of physical activity in students is a vital issue as these young people are the future social elite. Methods: The research was conducted in the years 2013–2016 and comprised 5008 males and females, mean age of 20.5 ± 2.1 years, including 2237 (55.3%) students from students from Eastern European National University, Lutsk, and Ternopil State Medical University, Ukraine, as well as 2237 (44.7%) from the Visegrad countries, i.e., University of Pécs in Hungary, University in Kosice, Slovakia, University of Olomunec in the Czech Republic and the State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland. It applied a diagnostic survey—the extended version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), supplemented with original questions regarding body weight, height, self-assessment of physical fitness and amount of leisure time. Results: The comparison of students’ PA from selected European countries, members of the Visegrad group and Ukraine, is particularly vital to the latter country as it demonstrates a different level of socio-economic development. There was noted a significantly higher level of physical activity in students from the Visegrad countries than in Ukraine. Further, there was an overall lower level of physical activity in females compared to males. What was positive about the studied samples was a healthy BMI index in the majority of the male and female respondents, with a significantly higher indicator in Ukraine. Conclusions: Among the factors significantly affecting higher physical activity in both researched samples were the BMI and high self-assessment of physical fitness. There was no significant variation in the level of physical activity and the amount of leisure time, both in those studying in the Visegrad states and Ukraine.
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- Józef Bergier
- Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Education and Health, Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, 43025 Lutsk, Ukraine.
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- Department of Physical Rehabilitation, Human Health and Physical Education, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, 46001 Ternopil, Ukraine.
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- Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, Poland.
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- Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, Poland.
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- Institute of Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Hungary.
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- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice, Institute of Physical Education and Sport, 041 80 Košice, Slovak.
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky University of Olomunec, 771 47 Olomouc, The Czech Republic.
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Niznikowska E, Bergier J, Bergier B, Acs P, Junger J, Salonna F. Diversity of factors determining physical activity in youth in Visegrad countries. BJHPA 2017. [DOI: 10.29359/bjhpa.09.4.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bergier J, Niźnikowska E, Bergier B, Acs P, Salonna F, Junger J. Differences in Physical Activity, Nutritional Behaviours, and Body Silhouette Concern Among Boys and Girls from Selected European Countries. Human Movement 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/humo-2017-0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractPurpose. The aim of the study was to evaluate the physical activity level, nutritional behaviours, and body silhouette concern in 15-17-year-old boys and girls from Eastern European countries.Methods. The research, carried out in 2015, involved 2145 secondary school adolescents, including 877 boys and 1268 girls (mean = 16.5, SD = 2.0). The results of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Health Behaviours Questionnaire were analysed.Results. The questionnaire results allowed to conclude that boys were definitely more active than girls. A significant relationship between physical activity and the number of meals was found. Another significant relationship was observed between higher physical activity in boys who wanted to gain weight and in girls who wanted to lose weight.Conclusions. Both boys and girls have positive attitudes towards their health with regard to their level of physical activity, nutritional behaviours, and body silhouette concern. A significant relationship was found in the interrelationship among the features considered, with simultaneous gender differentiation.
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Vadasova B, Cech P, Smerecka V, Junger J, Zvonar M, Ruzbarsky P. Overweight and obesity in Slovak high school students and body composition indicators: a non-randomized cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2016; 16:808. [PMID: 27535124 PMCID: PMC4989505 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3508-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Physical development can be considered as an indicator of the overall health status of the youth population. Currently, it appears that the increasing trend of the prevalence of obesity among children and youths has stopped in a number of countries worldwide. Studies point to the fact that adolescence is a critical period for the development of obesity. Body mass index (BMI) seems to be an orientation parameter in the assessment of prevalence of obesity which is not sufficient for more accurate identification of at risk individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate association between BMI percentile zones as health-risk for being overweight and obese and body composition indicators in high-school students from the Prešov (Slovakia) region. METHODS A non-randomized cross-sectional study in high school students from the Prešov (Slovakia) region was conducted. The research sample consisted of 1014 participants (boys n = 466, girls n = 549). Body composition was measured using direct segmental multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (DSM-BIA). To examine the association between obesity and selected body composition indicators, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and Eta(2) were used. The relationship between selected body composition indicators and percentile BMI zones was determined using the Kendall tau correlation. RESULTS In groups with different BMI percentile zones (normal weight, overweight, obese), ANOVA showed significant differences for girls and boys (p ˂.05) with high effect size (η(2) ˂.26) in body weight, body fat mass index, body fat percentage, fat free mass index, fat-free mass percentage, visceral fat area, waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference, protein mass and mineral mass. The highest degree of correlation among boys was between BMI values indicating overweight and obesity and fat free mass index and waist circumference, respectively (τ = .71, τ = .70, respectively). In girls, the highest correlation was found between classification of BMI percentile zones and waist circumference (t = .78). CONCLUSION The characteristics of body composition are very useful determinants of health and nutrition status. Our data revealed a direct association between BMI value and chosen body composition indicators. The most accurate indicator of overweight and obesity in our study appears to be waist circumference for both male and female population.
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- Bibiana Vadasova
- Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, 17th November street No. 13, Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Educology of Sports, Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, 17th November street No. 13, Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, 17th November street No. 13, Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, 17th November street No. 13, Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, 17th November street No. 13, Prešov, Slovak Republic
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Bebcakova V, Vadasova B, Kacur P, Junger J, Borzikova I, Zvonar M, Gimunova M. Distribution of health-related physical fitness in Slovak population. Springerplus 2015; 4:691. [PMID: 26576334 PMCID: PMC4641139 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1479-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Purpose of the study was to examine relationship between distribution of healthy fitness zone standards of high school students and their type of housing or area of residence. Study sample consisted of 684 students (284 boys, 400 girls) from urban and rural areas of the region Presov in the eastern part of Slovakia. Physical fitness was assessed by four tests: back-saver sit and reach, shoulder stretch, curl-ups and 90° push-ups. Differences by place of residence and types of housing were examined by correspondence analysis of two-dimensional tables with computing Chi square value at significance level p < 0.05. Urban students performed higher level of flexibility, abdominal and upper strength and endurance than rural ones. Boys and girls living in a flat reached higher level of flexibility and abdominal strength/endurance however, they performed worse in upper strength and endurance than those living in a house. Slovak adolescents seem to have a healthier profile in abdominal muscular fitness and upper body flexibility than in lower body flexibility. The relationship between distribution of healthy fitness zone standards and residence area or housing type was revealed only in lower body flexibility, upper strength and endurance of urban and rural girls.
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- Viera Bebcakova
- Faculty of Sports, University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 13, 08116 Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Sports, University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 13, 08116 Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Sports, University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 13, 08116 Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Sports, University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 13, 08116 Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Sports, University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 13, 08116 Prešov, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Sport Studies, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Sport Studies, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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Zadarko E, Barabasz Z, Nizioł-Babiarz E, Zadarko Domaradzka M, Barabasz M, Sobolewski M, Palanska A, Bergier J, Junger J. Leisure time physical activity of young women from the Carpathian Euroregion in relation to the Body Mass Index. Ann Agric Environ Med 2014; 21:622-626. [PMID: 25292141 DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1120614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Carpathian Euroregion gathers the population of 5 countries, including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania- the European Union members, as well as Ukraine. Young women are statistically less involved in high-intensity physical activity than young men. The objective of this work was to assess the relation between physical activity of young women aged 18-21 years old and BMI and conditioning factors. The study was conducted between 2010 and 2011 among 2339 women. The Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnarie (MLTPAQ) was applied. It results from the study that 74,2% of young women is considered to have the proper BMI rate (18,5-24,9). As many as 16,2% is considered underweight and almost 10% have higher BMI rate and are overweight. More than one third of respondents did not gain the level of physical activity of 1000 kcal/week, and that is the minimum recommended amount of leisure physical activity time per week. In case of women with low level of physical activity (<1000 kcal), as many as 52% of week activity considered low-intensity activity EEPAlight. The character of changes of the BMI index with reference to the level of physical activity is very similar in the women from towns/cities and the women from villages. An increase of BMI along with the total physical activity was related among all to the increase of free fat mass FFM despite of the level of physical.
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- Emilian Zadarko
- University of Rzeszow, Physical Education Department, Poland
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- Krosno State College, Institute of Physical Education, Poland
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- Rzeszow University of Technology, Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, Poland
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- University of Presov, Physical Education Department, Slovakia
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- Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, Biała Podlaska, Poland
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- University of Presov, Physical Education Department, Slovakia
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Nikendei C, Andreesen S, Hoffmann K, Junger J. Cross-year peer tutoring on internal medicine wards: effects on self-assessed clinical competencies--a group control design study. Med Teach 2009; 31:e32-5. [PMID: 19330661 DOI: 10.1080/01421590802464452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Peer-assisted learning (PAL) has become a well-accepted teaching method within medical education. However, descriptions of on-ward PAL programmes are rare. We introduced a PAL programme with a focus on clinical competencies on internal medicine wards. AIMS To assess the effects of an on-ward PAL programme on self-assessed clinical competencies. METHOD A total of 168 medical students were randomly assigned to one of the seven intervention wards or one of the seven control wards. During their 5-week ward-placement, the intervention group (IG; n = 88) received 10 patient-centred tutorials lead by final year tutors: (I) history taking, (II) physical examination, (III) blood withdrawal, (IV) infusion, (V) patient files, (VI and VII) ECG, (VIII-X) chart rounds. The control group (CG; n = 80) did not take part in the PAL programme. Clinical competencies were self-assessed pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS For five of the ten assessed clinical competencies, increases in self-confidence ratings were significantly higher in the IG as compared to CG. CONCLUSIONS RESULTS provide preliminary evidence to suggest that PAL programmes on internal medicine wards and with final year students as peer tutors may represent a valuable additional tool within medical clerkships. However, the findings must be confirmed and clarified in further research.
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- C Nikendei
- University of Heidelberg Medical Hospital, Germany.
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Rother M, Junger J, Fehr H, Schuchmann H. Entwicklung und Charakterisierung eines Modelllebensmittels zur qualitativen Bewertung von Trocknungsprozessen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200750780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Güell JL, Lohmann CP, Malecaze FA, Junger J, Muller A, Deneuville S. Intraepithelial photorefractive keratectomy for regression after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg 1999; 25:670-4. [PMID: 10330643 DOI: 10.1016/s0886-3350(99)00013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To propose a refractive procedure, intraepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (IE-PRK), to treat regression after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). SETTING IMO Instituto de Microcirugîa Ocular de Barcelona, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, INSERM, University Hospital, Toulouse, France. METHODS This open but uncontrolled prospective pilot study assessed the efficacy, predictability, and stability of IE-PRK in 21 eyes of 21 patients who had previous LASIK for myopia or myopic astigmatism with a mean spherical equivalent (SE) refraction of -9.80 diopters +/- 2.95 (SD). After LASIK, the eyes regressed to a mean of -1.93 +/- 0.82 D. They were retreated with IE-PRK, in which a photoablation was performed directly in the epithelium without damage to Bowman's membrane. Follow-up was up to 1 year. RESULTS Eight of the 21 eyes (38%) were emmetropic at 6 months and 11 (52.4%) had a refraction between -0.50 and +0.50 D. Refraction was stable from the second week to the first year, with no significant differences among the mean SEs at 10 days, 6 weeks, and 6 and 12 months. CONCLUSION The preliminary results of this small series indicate that IE-PRK appears to be safe, especially in selected cases; 1 line of lost best spectacle-corrected visual acuity occurred in 5% of eyes.
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- J L Güell
- Instituto de Microcirurgia Ocular, Unidad de Cornea y Cirurgia Refractiva, Barcelona, Spain
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