Interaction between the contact lens and the ocular surface in the etiology of superior epithelial arcuate lesions

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 973-980

  O'Hare, Nicole ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas ^a   Jalbert, Isabelle ^a   Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SUPERIOR EPITHELIAL ARCUATE LESION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036921809     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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