Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 181-184 , December 2005

Subconjunctival cyst-like formations following impression cytology

  • Sruthi Srinivasan

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200, University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 888 4567x7312; fax: +1 519 884 8769.
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  • Elizabeth Joyce

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200, University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
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  • Lyndon W. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200, University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
    • ,
  • Michelle Senchyna

      Affiliations

    • Alcon Research Ltd., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2005.10.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 181-184 , December 2005

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