Lysozyme penetration in group IV soft contact lenses

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-177

  Okada, Eiichi ^a,b   Matsuda, Tomoko ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuro ^a   Okuda, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Coomassie brilliant blue staining; Protein deposition; Quantitative measurement; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; LYSOZYME; ALBUMINOID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; EYE PROTEIN; FUCHSINE; TEAR PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYE PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MURAMIDASE; ROSANILINE DYES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33748458896     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000189040.31296.42     Document Type: Article

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