Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , February 2008

Development and evaluation of evidence-based guidelines on contact lens-related microbial keratitis

  • Lisa Keay

      Affiliations

    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    • PhD, BOptom, BCLA member.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Office 930, 550 Building, 550 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. Tel.: +1 410 614 5636; fax: +1 410 955 0096.
    • ,
  • Fiona Stapleton

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • PhD, MCOptom, FAAO, FBCLA.

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00109-9

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.10.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , February 2008

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