In-eye performance of soft contact lenses made from different materials

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-148

  Tranoudis, Ioannis ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort; In eye performance; Lens centration; Lens total diameter; Post blink movement; Soft contact lens materials; Up gaze lag

Indexed keywords

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; METHACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLYMACON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY; MALE; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 4444227466     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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