Contact lens use after contact lens-associated infectious ulcers

CLAO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 192-195

  Lois, Noemi ^a,b   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a,c   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOBRAMYCIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030749701     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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