Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 167-169 , June 2008

Patterns of prescribing extended wear contact lenses

  • Philip B. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Eurolens Research, The University of Manchester, Moffat Building, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
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  • Nathan Efron

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Cnr Musk Avenue & Blamey Street, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3138 6401; fax: +61 7 3319 6974.

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  6. Morgan PB, Efron N, Hill EA, Raynor MK, Whiting MA, Tullo AB. Incidence of keratitis of varying severity among contact lens wearers. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:430–436
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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.03.006

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 167-169 , June 2008

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