Can subtypes of contact lens-associated corneal infiltrative events be clinically differentiated?

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 540-544

  Efron, Nathan ^a,b   Morgan, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Contact lens acute red eye; Contact lens peripheral ulcer; Corneal infiltrative events; Infiltrative keratitis; Microbial keratitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTACT LENS INDUCED ACUTE RED EYE; CONTACT LENS INDUCED PERIPHERAL ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFILTRATIVE KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; KERATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746769950     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214219.67872.3c     Document Type: Article

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