Overnight corneal swelling in symptomatic and asymptomatic contact lens wearers

CLAO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-174

  Stapleton, F ^a   Lakshmi, K R ^b   Kumar, S ^b   Sweeney, D F ^b   Rao, G N ^b   Holden, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATITIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0031880575     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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