Effect of material ionicity on the performance of daily disposable contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-8

  Guillon, Michel ^a,b   McGrogan, Lucia ^a   Guillon, Jean Pierre ^a   Styles, Elaine ^a   Maissa, Cecile ^a,c  

^a Universitè de Paris Sud ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Daily disposable contact lenses; In vivo wettability; Material ionicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002220815     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(97)80029-X     Document Type: Article

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