Expanding your use of silicone hydrogel contact lenses: Using lotrafilcon a for daily wear

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Long, Bill ^a,c   Schweizer, Helmer ^b   Bleshoy, Hans ^c   Zeri, Fabrizio ^d  

^a Independent Project Management Consultant   (United States)

^b CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

^c Danish Contact Lens Consultants ^*  (United States)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomicroscopy; Conjunctival redness; Corneal neovascularization; Daily wear; Dryness; Limbal redness; Silicone hydrogel contact lens; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL REDNESS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DRY EYE; EYE BURNING; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIMBAL REDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICON HYDROGEN CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SILICONES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549098204     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318196ade7     Document Type: Article

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