Corneal epithelial thinning profile induced by long-term wear of hydrogel lenses

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-307

  Pérez, Javier González ^a   Méijome, Jose Manuel González ^b   Jalbert, Isabelle ^c   Sweeney, Deborah F ^c   Erickson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epithelial thickness; Hypoxia; Long term contact lens wear; Low Dk soft contact lenses; Modified optical pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037986535     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200305000-00005     Document Type: Article

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