Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 147-150 , June 2009

Corneal conjunctivalization management with high Dk RGP contact lenses

  • Raul Martin

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: IOBA-Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Camino de cementerio s/n 47011, Valladolid, Spain. Tel.: +34 983 423559; fax: +34 983 423274.

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PII: S1367-0484(08)00162-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.12.005

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 147-150 , June 2009

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