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Original Article

Electron microscopic features of never-worn soft contact lenses: deposits or artifacts?

Janet K. Deg The Ophthalmology Research Laboratory, Sharp Cabrillo Hospital, 3475 Kenyon Street, San Diego, CA, 92110, USA
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Perry S. Binder The Ophthalmology Research Laboratory, Sharp Cabrillo Hospital, 3475 Kenyon Street, San Diego, CA, 92110, USA
Pages 27-36 | Received 27 Aug 1985, Accepted 05 Dec 1985, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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