Therapeutic Use of Focus® Night and Day™ Contact Lenses

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 726-734

  Kanpolat, Ayfer ^a   Uçakhan, Ömür Ö ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bandage contact lens; Extended wear contact lens; Focus Night Day ; Therapeutic contact lens

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION RISK; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; BANDAGE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FOLLOW UP; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SILICONES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0242286632     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200311000-00004     Document Type: Article

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