Microvascular abnormalities in the bulbar conjunctiva of contact lens users

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-86

  Cheung, A T W ^a   Hu, B S ^a   Wong, S A ^a   Chow, J ^a,b   Chan, M S ^a,c   To, W J ^a   Li, J ^a   Ramanujam, S ^a,d   Chen, P C Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

bulbar conjunctiva; conjunctival microcirculation; Contact lens; intravital microscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA MICROVASCULAR ABNORMALITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; VASCULAR DISEASES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84861501703     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2011-1513     Document Type: Article

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