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Hypothesis proposes mild edema causes vertical striae in cornea, indicating potential implications for softlens wearers.
It is postulated that vertical striae are created in the central corneal area by way of mild edema in the posterior layers, which causes a buckling in the shorter, thinner vertical meridia.
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H. Katz (1976) studied this question.
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