Comfort-enhanced daily disposable contact lens reduces symptoms among weekly/monthly wear patients

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-219

  Fahmy, Mary ^a   Long, Bill ^b   Giles, Timothy ^a   Wang, Chiao Hua ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

^b Independent Project Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomicroscopy; Daily disposable; Daily wear; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRY EYE; EYE CARE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL DISEASES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954660203     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181e5859f     Document Type: Article

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