An early assessment of silicone hydrogel safety: Pearls and pitfalls, and current status

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 358-361

  Keay, Lisa ^a,b,c,d   Edwards, Katie ^a,b   Stapleton, Fiona ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d 116 Wilmer Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Control selection; Epidemiology; Microbial keratitis; Public health; Safety

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

CONTACT LENS; EVALUATION; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SILICON HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS;

CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EYE DISEASES; EYE INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KERATITIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONES;

EID: 35848969301     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157c77f     Document Type: Review

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