Contact Lens Wear Is Associated with Decrease of Meibomian Glands

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-384

  Arita, Reiko ^a,b   Itoh, Kouzo ^a   Inoue, Kenji ^c   Kuchiba, Aya ^d   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^e   Amano, Shiro ^b  

^a Itoh Clinic   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nishikasai Inouye Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRY EYE; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; TEARS;

EID: 61349094651     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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