The clinical performance of a silicone hydrogel lens for daily wear in an asian population

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Long, Bill ^a   McNally, John ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian eyes; Daily wear; Lotrafilcon A; Silicone hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ETAFILCON A; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LOTRAFILCON A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMACRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES;

EID: 33645821889     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000175915.01688.ba     Document Type: Article

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