Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 2-8 , February 2012

Corneal erosions in contact lens wear

  • Maria Markoulli

      Affiliations

    • Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Brien Holden Vision Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9385 7516; fax: +61 2 9385 7401.
    • ,
  • Eric Papas

      Affiliations

    • Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Nerida Cole

      Affiliations

    • Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Brien Holden

      Affiliations

    • Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia

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