Contact lenses and tear film interactions

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 879-884

  Willcox, Mark ^a   Pearce, Damon ^a   Tan, Maxine ^a   Demirci, Gulhan ^a   Carney, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRONECTIN; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TEAR PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; LACRIMAL GLAND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036928405     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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