Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 128-135 , June 2010

A comparison of a topography-based rigid gas permeable contact lens design with a conventionally fitted lens in patients with keratoconus

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.11.004

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 128-135 , June 2010

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