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Research Article

High-oxygen-transmissibility soft contact lenses do not induce limbal hyperaemia

E. B. Papas Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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C.M. Vajdic Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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R. Austen Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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B.A. Holden Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 942-948 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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