Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1319-1322 , July 2003

Effect of contact lens wear on central corneal thickness measurements

Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2002.

  • Dennis A Braun, OD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Ellen E Anderson Penno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ellen E. Anderson Penno, MD, Gimbel Eye Centre, 450, 4935-40 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta T3A 2N1, Canada.

,Accepted 11 February 2003.

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☆ Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(03)00230-X

doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00230-X

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1319-1322 , July 2003

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