An alternative approach to bandage contact lenses

CLAO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-121

  Gupta, Seema ^a   Arora, Ritu ^a,b   Sota, Lachman Dass ^a   Kumar, Maneesh ^a  

^a Guru Nanak Eye Centre   (India)

^b D 1 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031968480     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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