Confocal microscopy of the corneas of long-term rigid contact lens wearers

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Hollingsworth, Joanna G ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Rigid contact lens

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPOXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA OPACITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342437965     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(04)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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