Altered conjunctival response after contact lens-related corneal inflammation

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-447

  Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Ramachandran, Lakshmi ^a,b   Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Rao, Gullapalli ^a,b   Holden, Brien A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Contact lenses; Corneal ulceration; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ETAFILCON A; POLYMACON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATED ACUTE RED EYE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037662642     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200307000-00010     Document Type: Article

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