Practitioner guidelines for continuous wear with high Dk silicone hydrogel contact lenses

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-167

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Keay, Lisa ^a   Carnt, Nicole ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Guidelines; High dk; Silicone hydrogel

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS;

AFTERCARE; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0036559310     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03029.x     Document Type: Article

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