Clinical results comparing high-oxygen and low-oxygen permeable soft contact lenses in France

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-54

  Malet, Florence ^a   Pagot, Roland ^b   Peyre, Catherine ^c   Subirana, Xavier ^c   Lejeune, Sophie ^c   George Vicariot, Marie Noëlle ^c   Bleshoy, Hans ^c   Long, Bill ^d  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b Centre d'ophtalmologie de la maison rouge   (France)

^c CIBA Vision Corporation ^*

^d CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Continuous wear contact lens; Extended wear contact lens; Fluorosilicone hydrogel contact lens; Frequent replacement contact lens; Preference; Soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; ETAFILCON A; FLUOROSILICONE; LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH OXYGEN PERMEABLE SOFT CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW OXYGEN PERMEABLE SOFT CONTACT LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRANCE; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038148460     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00140068-200301000-00013     Document Type: Article

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