Epithelial permeability reflects subclinical effects of contact lens wear

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 376-381

  McNamara, Nancy A ^a   Fusaro, Robert E ^a,b   Brand, Richard J ^a,b   Polse, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

EID: 0031955498     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.4.376     Document Type: Article

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