A survey of contact lens complications in Singapore

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-19

  Teo, Livia ^a,b   Lim, Li ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Chan, Tat Keong ^a,b   Jap, Aliza ^a,b,d   Ming, Lee Hung ^e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complications; Contact lens; Cornea; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; BURN; CHINESE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 78650803735     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182048f99     Document Type: Review

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