Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 153-155 , December 2005

Are silicone hydrogel lenses safer?

  • Nathan Efron (Professor of Clinical Optometry)

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2005.10.004

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 153-155 , December 2005

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