Clinical characterization of corneal infiltrative events observed with soft contact lens wear

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-442

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Jalbert, Isabelle ^a   Covey, Michael ^a   Sankaridurg, Padmaja R ^a   Vajdic, Claire ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^b   Ramachandran, Lakshmi ^b   Willcox, Mark D P ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Corneal infiltrates; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ETAFILCON A; POLYMACON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATED ACUTE RED EYE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFILTRATIVE KERATITIS; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INFECTION; KERATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037523497     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200307000-00009     Document Type: Article

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