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Coral-Ghanem, C., Bailey, M.D. (2004). Maintenance and Handling of Contact Lenses. In: Contact Lenses in Ophthalmic Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21758-4_21

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