Therapeutic use of silicone hydrogel contact lenses in children

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-108

  Bendoriene, Jolanta ^a   Vogt, Ursula ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandage contact lens; Corneal healing; Focus NIGHT DAY; Silicone hydrogel contact lens; Therapeutic contact lens

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PERFORATION; EYE BURN; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFANT; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; BANDAGE; CORNEA DISEASE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645820005     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000174755.50802.15     Document Type: Article

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