An evaluation of mucin balls associated with high-Dk silicone-hydrogel contact lens wear

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 917-923

  Craig, Jennifer P ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^a   Grupcheva, Christina N ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; OXYGEN; SILICONE;

ADULT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; HYPOXIA; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; MUCIN BALL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERVAPORATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; WATER CONTENT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036921768     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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