Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 38-40 , February 2008

Airbag induced corneal ectasia

  • Ali A. Mearza

      Affiliations

    • Charing Cross Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK
    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 846 1234; fax: +44 208 383 4888.
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  • Fedra N. Koufaki

      Affiliations

    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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  • Ioannis M. Aslanides

      Affiliations

    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weil-Cornell Medical College, NY, USA

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00104-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.09.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 38-40 , February 2008

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