The clinical investigation of the base curve and comfort rate of a new prototype silicone hydrogel contact lens

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Santodomingo Rubido, Jacinto ^a   Rubido Crespo, María José ^b  

^a MENICON CO LTD   (Spain)

^b EURO OPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comfort; Contact lenses; Lens fitting; Silicone hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SILICONES;

EID: 43249107909     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181506bbd     Document Type: Article

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