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The widespread use of contact lenses means that the general practitioner and the ophthalmic casualty department find themselves confronted with more and more patients who have run into wearing problems of one kind or another, and for this reason some of the likely emergency requirements are considered here.
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Galloway, N.R. (1985). Contact Lenses. In: Common Eye Diseases and their Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3521-0_9
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