The effect of contact lens wear on the central and peripheral corneal endothelium

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-51

  Wiffen, Steven J ^a,b   Hodge, David O ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central corneal endothelium; Contact lens; Peripheral corneal endothelium; Pleomorphism; Polymegethism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTACT LENSES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0033988697     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200001000-00010     Document Type: Article

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