Changes of corneal thickness in patients wearing frequent-replacement contact lenses

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-26

  Kaluzny, Jakub J ^a,b   Orzalkiewicz, Alicja ^a   Czajkowski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corneal edema; Corneal hypoxia; Corneal thickness; Frequent replacement contact lenses; Oxygen transmissibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038148459     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00140068-200301000-00007     Document Type: Article

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