Therapeutic use of a silicone hydrogel contact lens in selected clinical cases

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Ambroziak, Anna M ^a   Szaflik, Jacek P ^a,b   Szaflik, Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b LASER Microsurgery Eye Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bandage contact lenses; Bullous keratopathy; Lotrafilcon A; Silicone hydrogel contact lenses; Therapeutic contact lenses

Indexed keywords

LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATOPATHY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842538004     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000105563.54932.44     Document Type: Article

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