Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 235-238 , October 2010

Complications and management of cosmetic anterior chamber iris implants

  • Sarah Hull

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Hari Jayaram

      Affiliations

    • UCL Institute of Ophthalmology & Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London, UK
    • ,
  • Ali A. Mearza

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK. Tel.: +44 2033111498; fax: +44 2088467333.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.03.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 235-238 , October 2010

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