Lysozyme adhesion to the four major types of contact lens materials

American Biotechnology Laboratory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 60-61

  Keith, Edward O ^a   Cruz, Stephanie ^a   Gedeon, Leon ^a   Latif, Khadija ^a   Patel, Sunil ^a   Qadeer, Sumrana ^a   Sabogal, Mauricio ^a   Zaman, Mohammed ^a   Janoff, Lester E ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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