Efficacy of two-month treatment with xiloial® eyedrops for discomfort from disposable soft contact lenses

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1035-1041

  Versura, Piera ^a   Profazio, Vincenzo ^a   Balducci, Nicole ^a   Campos, Emilio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

biopolymer tamarind seed polysaccharide hyaluronic acid; Discomfort; Disposable contact lens; Dry eye

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TAMARIND SEED POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XILOIAL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRY EYE; EYE BURNING; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FERNING TEST; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; OXFORD GRADING; SCHIRMER TEST; SCHIRMER TEST I; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77957254539     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S10448     Document Type: Article

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