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Impact of soft contact lenses on lid- parallel conjunctival folds

Heiko Pult1, Britta H Riede-Pult2

  • 1Dr. Heiko Pult - Optometry and Vision Research, Weinheim, Germany; Cardiff University, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff, UK; Ophthalmic Research Group, Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye : the Journal of the British Contact Lens Association
|December 23, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
Contact lens wearContact lensesLid-parallel conjunctival foldsLid-wiper epitheliopathy

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