Confocal microscopic observations of the human cornea following overnight contact lens wear

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-155

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Mutalib, Haliza A ^a   Perez Gomez, Inma ^a   Koh, Hui Hiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed eye; Confocal microscopy; Contact lens; Cornea; Keratocytes; Oedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 0036562697     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03027.x     Document Type: Article

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