Performance of lotrafilcon B silicone hydrogel contact lenses in experienced low-Dk/t daily lens wearers

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 1 OF 2, 2007, Pages 272-277

  Dillehay, Sally M ^a   Miller, Marian B ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Oxygen permeability; Oxygen transmissibility; Silicone hydrogel; Soft lens; Subject preference; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SILICONES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36049035556     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31802f78c2     Document Type: Article

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