Disinfecting action of a new multi-purpose disinfection solution for contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 104-109

  Rosenthal, Ruth A ^a   Bell, William M ^b   Abshire, Robert ^b  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Contact lenses; Disinfection; Hydrogen peroxide; Multi purpose; Myristamidopropyl dimethylamine; Polyhexamethylene biguanide; Polyquaternium 1; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000323162     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(99)80010-1     Document Type: Article

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