Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 49-54 , April 2010

Essential fatty acids for dry eye: A review

  • Marco Roncone
    • ,
  • Hannah Bartlett

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Vision Sciences Building, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. Tel.: +44 121 204 4182; fax: +44 121 204 4048.
    • ,
  • Frank Eperjesi

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.11.002

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