The Incidence of Ulcerative Keratitis among Users of Daily-Wear and Extended-Wear Soft Contact Lenses

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 779-783

  Poggio, Eugene C ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^b,d   Schein, Oliver D ^c,d   Seddon, Johanna M ^b,d   Shannon, Maura J ^b   Scardino, Vincent A ^a   Kenyon, Kenneth R ^c,d  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b The Epidemiology Unit ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

EID: 0024441105     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198909213211202     Document Type: Article

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