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Complications Associated with Material, Deposits, and Lens Design in Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses

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  1. Cleusa Coral-Ghanem
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Coral-Ghanem, C., Berntsen, D.A. (2004). Complications Associated with Material, Deposits, and Lens Design in Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses. In: Contact Lenses in Ophthalmic Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21758-4_23

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