Influence of the blink interval on tear meniscus height in soft contact lens and nonlens wearers

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Bitton, Etty ^a   Jones, Lyndon ^b   Simpson, Trefford ^b   Woods, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blink interval; Contact lens; Discomfort; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Tear meniscus height (TMH)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952311426     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181dae228     Document Type: Article

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