Objective clinical performance of 'comfort-enhanced' daily disposable soft contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Wolffsohn, James S ^a   Hunt, Olivia A ^a   Chowdhury, Ashock ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulbar hyperaemia; Comfort; Contact lenses; Daily disposables; Ocular surface temperature; Tear stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE TEAR BREAK UP TIME; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OCULAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR PRISM HEIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950371126     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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