Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , May 2006

Relative performance of soft contact lenses having lathe-cut posterior surfaces with and without additional polishing

  • C. O’Brien

      Affiliations

    • Contact Lens Research Clinic, Bausch and Lomb Ireland, 424/425 Industrial Estate, Cork Rd., Waterford, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 51 859468; fax: +353 51 355150.
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  • W.N. Charman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.02.009

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , May 2006

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