Contact lenses and allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-460

  Lemp, Michael A ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiallergic medication; Contact lenses; Ocular allergy

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; OLOPATADINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EYE ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEAR FILM; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; TEARS;

EID: 53549133939     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32830e6adc     Document Type: Review

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