The effects of six months of contact lens wear on the tear film, ocular surfaces, and symptoms of presbyopes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 455-462

  Du Toit, Rènée ^a,b   Situ, Ping ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Fonn, Desmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Contact lenses; Dry eye; Presbyopia; Tear film

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DATA ACQUISITION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

TEAR FILMS;

VISION;

DYE; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0034958140     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200106000-00020     Document Type: Article

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