Extended-wear silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses in the management of moderate to severe dry eye signs and symptoms secondary to graft-versus-host disease

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-147

  Russo, Peter A ^a   Bouchard, Charles S ^a   Galasso, John M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Graft versus host disease; Silicone hydrogel; Soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICONES; STAINING AND LABELING; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248512709     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000244154.76214.2d     Document Type: Article

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