Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 37-51 , March 2007

Incomplete blinking: Exposure keratopathy, lid wiper epitheliopathy, dry eye, refractive surgery, and dry contact lenses

  • Charles W. McMonnies

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☆ Presented at the Annual Conference of the British Contact Lens Association, Birmingham, May 2006.

PII: S1367-0484(06)00160-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.12.002

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Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 37-51 , March 2007

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