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Follow-Up After Fitting Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses

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Coral-Ghanem, C., Badowski, L. (2004). Follow-Up After Fitting Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses. In: Contact Lenses in Ophthalmic Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21758-4_8

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