Oxygen transmissibility of piggyback systems with conventional soft and silicone hydrogel contact lenses

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-219

  López Alemany, Antonio ^a,b   González Méijome, José M ^c   Almeida, José B ^c   Parafita, Manuel A ^d   Refojo, Miguel F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Oftalmología Y Optometría de la Costera IOOC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Oxygen transmission; Piggy back

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYMACON; SILICONE GEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HYDROGEL; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33644835154     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000178276.90892.ac     Document Type: Article

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