The effects of short-term lens wear and eye rubbing on the corneal epithelium

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 255-259

  Kalogeropoulos, Gregory ^a   Chang, Shaun ^a   Bolton, Thomas ^a   Jalbert, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epithelial thickness; Basal epithelium; In vivo confocal microscopy; Modified optical pachometry; Eye rubbing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; EYE; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; MALE; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349138857     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181b4ec39     Document Type: Article

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