Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 267-269 , December 2007

Applanation tonometry in silicone hydrogel contact lens wearers

  • R.J. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Essex County Hospital, Colchester, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Ophthalmology Department, Essex County Hospital, Colchester, Essex CO3 3NB, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1206 744656; fax: +44 1206 744646.
    • ,
  • A. Dev Borman

      Affiliations

    • Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • G.M. Saleh

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
    • Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United Kingdom

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00032-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.02.008

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 267-269 , December 2007

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