Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 84-93 , May 2007

Contact lens fitting post-laser-in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)

  • Chris Steele

      Affiliations

    • Optometry Department, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland SR2 9HP, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 191 569 9073; fax: +44 191 569 9275.
    • ,
  • John Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Querido and Davidson Optometrists, 196 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5LN, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.12.005

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 84-93 , May 2007

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