Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 95-102 , April 2008

Management of chronic habits of abnormal eye rubbing

  • Charles W. McMonnies

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.07.008

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Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 95-102 , April 2008

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