Efficacy of continuous wear PureVision contact lenses for therapeutic use

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Arora, Ritu ^a,b   Jain, Shailley ^a   Monga, Sumit ^a   Narayanan, Raja ^a   Raina, Usha Kaul ^a   Mehta, Dinesh Kumar ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

PureVision lens; Silicon hydrogels; Therapeutic contact lens

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; DRY EYE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LENS DISEASE; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 1242298702     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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