Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 245-252 , October 2010

Obituary—Rigid contact lenses

  • Nathan Efron

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.06.009

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Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 245-252 , October 2010

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