Conjunctivochalasis and Contact Lenses

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Yamagami, Satoru ^a   Funatsu, Hideharu ^b   Noma, Hidetaka ^b   Honda, Norihiko ^a   Fukuoka, Shima ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349272650     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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