Bilateral corneal erosion due to retail purchase of unfitted prescription contact lenses: A case report

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1179-1181

  Tseng, Santos Shan Yu ^a   Yang, Winston Wen Ching ^a   Hsiao, John Ching Jen ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact lens complication; Contact lens dehydration; Corneal diseases; Corneal erosion; Over the counter; Video display terminal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUBRICATING AGENT; NEOMYCIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EROSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EYE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTERNET; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TAIWAN; VISION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CORNEA DISEASE; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PROSTHESIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COMPUTERS; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; LUBRICANTS; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; STEROIDS;

EID: 60749118736     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318173140e     Document Type: Article

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