Soft contact lens-related dryness with and without clinical signs

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1125-1132

  Young, Graeme ^a   Chalmers, Robin ^b,e   Napier, Leslie ^c   Kern, Jami ^c   Hunt, Chris ^a   Dumbleton, Kathryn ^d  

^a Visioncare Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Trial Consultant   (United States)

^c Alcon Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical signs; dryness; soft contact lens; symptoms

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CLINICAL SIGNS; DRYNESS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOMS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS;

EID: 84864667848     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182640af8     Document Type: Article

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