Superficial corneal "staining"-clinical observation and risk assessment

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 165-166

  Levy, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVICE INFECTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAINING;

BIGUANIDES; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTANTS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MYCOSES; POLYMERS; PROPYLAMINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547125780     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31805cfed9     Document Type: Editorial

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