Impact of rigid gas-permeable contact lens extended wear on corneal epithelial barrier function

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1019-1024

  Lin, Meng C ^a   Graham, Andrew D ^a   Fusaro, Robert E ^a   Polse, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PERMEABILITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0036202819     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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