2001: A contact lens (space) odyssey

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 131-142

  Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NAPROXEN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ULCER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDITORIAL; GAS PERMEABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035202626     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(01)80032-1     Document Type: Editorial

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2. Hundredth anniversary of August Müller's inaugural dissertation on contact lenses
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4. Corneal thickness changes following sleep and overnight contact lens wear in the primate (Macaca fascicularis)
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7. Effects of long-term extended contact lens wear on the human cornea
8. Effect of hydrogel lens wear on contrast sensitivity
9. Visual decrement with deposit accumulation of HEMA contact lenses
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14. Defects in disposable contact lenses can compromise ocular integrity
15. Accuracy and reproducibility of one day disposable contact lenses
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17. Regular replacement of daily-wear rigid gas-permeable contact lenses
18. Regular replacement of extended wear rigid gas permeable contact lenses
19. Regular replacement of rigid contact lenses alleviates binding to the cornea
20. Pathogenesis of contact lens induced bacterial corneal ulcers - A review and an hypothesis
21. Microbial flora in eyes of current and former contact lens wearers
22. Extended wear enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence to the corneal epithelium
23. Ocular response to hydrogen peroxide
24. Soft lens lubricants and prelens tear film stability
25. Non-compliance in contact lens wear
26. A prospective study of the effect of education on non-compliant behaviour in contact lens wear
27. Does solution cost affect compliance among contact lens wearers?
28. Oxygen permeability of hard gas permeable contact lens materials
29. A review of the theoretical concepts, measurement systems and application of contact lens oxygen permeability
30. Methodology for determining the intrinsic oxygen permeability of contact lens materials
31. An examination of the 'edge effect' in the measurement of contact lens oxygen transmissibility
32. The Dk project: An interlaboratory comparison of Dk/L measurements
33. The oxygen performance of contemporary hydrogel contact lenses
34. Oxygen permeability of rigid contact lens materials
35. Carbon dioxide permeability of contact lens materials
36. Oxygen levels beneath the closed eyelid
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38. The effect of fenestrating soft contact lenses on corneal oxygen availability
39. Corneal hypoxia and hypercapnia during contact lens wear
40. Intersubject variability in corneal swelling response to anoxia
41. Critical oxygen requirements to avoid edema of the central and peripheral cornea
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44. The soft contact lens refractometer
45. Dehydration of hydrogel lenses under normal wearing conditions
46. Dehydration of hydrogel lenses: Environmental influences during normal wear
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48. Hydrogel contact lens ageing
49. Surface hydration of hydrogel contact lenses
50. Dehydration of hydrogel lenses in vitro and in vivo
51. Temperature of the hyperemic bulbar conjunctiva
52. Ocular surface temperature
53. Potential applications of ocular thermography
54. Corneal surface temperature decreases with age
55. Infrared thermography of the tear film in dry eye
56. Ocular surface cooling in dry eye-a pilot study
57. The role of tear physiology in ocular surface temperature
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59. Ocular and skin temperature in ophthalmic postherpetic neuralgia
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61. Thermal consequences of photorefractive keratectomy
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63. Grading scales for contact lens complications (Appendix K)
64. Validation of grading scales for contact lens complications
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66. Confocal microscopy of the normal human cornea
67. Morphology of corneal nerves using confocal microscopy
68. Confocal microscopy (Chapter 3)