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Omega fatty acid supplements useful strategy before LASIK

Wilkes-Barre, PA-Preoperative oral intake of nutritional supplements containing omega fatty acids prevents the precipitous drop-off in tear lactoferrin that occurs following the LASIK-induced creation of a neurotrophic cornea, reported Frank A. Bucci Jr., MD.

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