Endothelial cell density and contact lens-induced corneal swelling

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-157

  Erickson, Paul ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^b   Comstock, Timothy L ^a   Cullen, Anthony P ^c  

^a BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal endothelium; Corneal swelling; Morphometry; Specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031907136     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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