Have silicone hydrogel lenses eliminated hypoxia?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-60

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal swelling; Hypoxia effects; Ocular redness; Silicone hydrogels

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL HYPOXIA; EYELID CLOSURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPOXIA; MITOSIS RATE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS;

ANOXIA; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; OXYGEN; SILICONES;

EID: 84873080549     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31827c7899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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