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Algernon B. Reese

Born  1896
Died  1981

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American ophthalmologist, New York.

Biography of Algernon B. Reese

Bibliography

  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Tumors of the eye and adnexa. By Algernon B. Reese. Published by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, under the auspices of the Subcommittee on Oncology of the Committee on Pathology of the Division of Medical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council. 1956. 205 pages.

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