In vitro assessment of medical device toxicity: Interactions of benzalkonium chloride with silicone-containing and p-HEMA-containing hydrogel contact lens materials

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Dracopoulos, Aphrodite ^a   Dixon, D George ^a   Jones, Lyndon W ^a   Sivak, Jacob G ^a   Bantseev, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Contact lens; Extracts; In vitro; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETAFILCON A; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; GALYFILCON A; LOTRAFILCON A; POLYMACON; POLYMER; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIFILCON A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACTION; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETER; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DOGS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCEIN; HYDROGELS; METHACRYLATES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; SILICONES;

EID: 33846289257     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000229775.17844.3f     Document Type: Article

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