Effects of extended-wear soft contact lenses on the ocular surface and central corneal thickness

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-336

  Gürdal, Canan ^a,c   Aydin, Sevda ^a   Kirimlioǧlu, Hale ^b   Toprak, Ebru ^a   Şengör, Tomris ^a  

^a Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extended wear contact lenses; Impression cytology; Mapping technique; Pachometer

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; SCHIRMER TEST; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; TEARS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0042662632     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071347     Document Type: Article

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