Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 219-224 , October 2010

Dynamic Contour Tonometry (DCT) over a thin daily disposable hydrogel contact lens

  • Daniela Sonja Nosch

      Affiliations

    • University of Applied Science, Institute of Optometry, Aarauerstrasse 30, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 44 272 78 18; fax: +41 44 275 90 30.
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  • Armin P. Duddek

      Affiliations

    • Prolens AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Didier Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • Prolens AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Oliver M. Stuhrmann

      Affiliations

    • Vedis Eye Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.03.005

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 219-224 , October 2010

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