Decay-accelerating factor in tears of contact lens wearers and patients with contact lens-associated complications

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 586-591

  Szczotka, Loretta B ^a,b   Cocuzzi, Enzo ^b   Medof, M Edward ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CLARE; CLPU; Complement; Contact lens; DAF; GPC; Infiltrates; Ulcerative keratitis

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONTACT LENS PERIPHERAL ULCER (CLPU); CONTACT LENS-INDUCED ACUTE RED EYE (CLARE); DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUCTIVITIS (GPC); ULCERATIVE KERATITIS;

DISEASES; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; PROTEINS; VISION;

CONTACT LENSES;

EID: 0034351443     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200011000-00008     Document Type: Article

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