Comparison of Adverse Events with Daily Disposable Hydrogels and Spectacle Wear: Results from a 12-Month Prospective Clinical Trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2327-2334

  Sankaridurg, Padmaja R ^a   Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas ^a   Velala, Indira ^b   Gora, Rashmi ^b   Krishnamachary, Murali ^b   Rao, Gullapalli N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0344442788     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00795-4     Document Type: Article

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