Central versus paracentral endothelial cell density values in relation to duration of soft contact lens wear

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 180-184

  Doughty, Michael J ^a   Aakre, Bente Monica ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Paracentral cornea; Soft contact lenses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547092149     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000250885.35316.85     Document Type: Article

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