Observation of deposits on disposable contact lenses by bio-, light- and scanning electron microscopy

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Merindano, Maria Dolores ^a   Canals, Marc ^b   Saona, Carlos ^b   Potau, José ^b   Costa, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Deposits; Disposable contact lenses; Mucin; Polishing marks; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142571211     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1367-0484(98)80041-6     Document Type: Article

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