Incidence and morbidity of hospital-presenting corneal infiltrative events associated with contact lens wear

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 232-239

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a   Hill, Elizabeth A ^a   Raynor, Mathew K ^b   Tullo, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Cornea; Corneal infiltrative events; Incidence; Keratitis; Morbidity relative risk; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27744594206     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2005.tb06701.x     Document Type: Article

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