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Presbyopia and Contact Lenses

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Contact Lenses in Ophthalmic Practice

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Schornack, M., Coral-Ghanem, C., Pena, A.d.S. (2004). Presbyopia and Contact Lenses. In: Contact Lenses in Ophthalmic Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21758-4_12

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