Long-term Contact Lens Wear Induces a Corneal Degeneration with Microdot Deposits in the Corneal Stroma

Objective: Confocal in vivo real-time microscopy was applied to study the corneal morphology in long-term contact lens wearers. Design: In a cross-sectional study, patients with a history of long-term contact lens wear underwent corneal confocal microscopy. The authors investigated 13 patients with...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Minn.), 1997-11, Vol.104 (11), p.1887-1896
Hauptverfasser:	Böhnke, Matthias, Masters, Barry R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Cell Count Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic - adverse effects Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic - statistics & numerical data Corneal Diseases - classification Corneal Diseases - etiology Corneal Diseases - pathology Corneal Stroma - pathology Cross-Sectional Studies Diseases of the eye Endothelium, Corneal - pathology Epithelium, Corneal - pathology Female Humans Male Medical sciences Microscopy, Confocal Middle Aged Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Time Factors
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