Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 47-49 , February 2008

Histochemical analysis of bandage contact lens precipitates

  • Maged Nessim

      Affiliations

    • Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 121 554 3801; fax: +44 121 507 6791.
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  • Suresh K. Pandey

      Affiliations

    • John A Moran Eye Centre, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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  • Liliana Werner

      Affiliations

    • John A Moran Eye Centre, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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  • Musadiq Mohammed

      Affiliations

    • Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary, Wolverhampton, UK
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  • Vinod Kumar

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

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☆ We declare no proprietary or commercial interest. No grants or funds were used for the preparation of this manuscript.

PII: S1367-0484(07)00074-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.06.004

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 47-49 , February 2008

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