Transient corneal stromal and endothelial changes following soft contact lens wear: A study with confocal microscopy

CLAO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Kaufman, Stephen C ^a   Hamano, Hikaru ^a,b   Beuerman, Roger W ^a   Laird, Jeffery A ^a   Thompson, Hilary W ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA INJURY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STROMA CELL; WATER CONTENT;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029920492     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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