Improving contact-lens related dryness symptoms with silicone hydrogel lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 778-784

  Chalmers, Robin ^a,c   Long, Bill ^b   Dillehay, Sally ^b   Begley, Carolyn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryness; Lotrafilcon A; Lotrafilcon B; Silicone hydrogel lens; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; SILICONES; SURVEYS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRYNESS; HISTORICAL DATASET; HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS; LOTRAFILCON A; ROBUST EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS; SYMPTOMS;

CONTACT LENSES;

SILICON; BIOMATERIAL; LOTRAFILCON A; LOTRAFILCON B; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SILICONES;

EID: 52049121119     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318181a90d     Document Type: Article

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