Corneal Swelling with Overnight Wear of Scleral Contact Lenses

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Smith, Guy T ^a   Mireskandari, Kamiar ^a   Pullum, Kenneth W ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Innovative Sclerals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal swelling; Extended wear; Overnight wear; Scleral lens; Sclerals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLERAL CONTACT LENS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCLERA;

EID: 0347418922     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200401000-00005     Document Type: Article

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