Fitting characteristics of 1-day and 14-day acuvue disposable contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 750-753

  Le, Andrea H ^a   Liem, Sian E ^a   Su, Jenny L ^a   Harris, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuvue disposable contact lenses; centration; fit; limbal coverage; movement; positioning

Indexed keywords

DISPOSABILITY; EYE MOVEMENTS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL; VISION;

ACUVUE DISPOSABLE CONTACT LENSES; CENTRATION; LIMBAL COVERAGE; POST BLINK MOVEMENT;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030473608     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199612000-00006     Document Type: Article

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