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Contact Lenses

Known as: Contact lens, Lenses, Contact 
Lenses designed to be worn on the front surface of the eyeball. (UMDNS, 1999)
National Institutes of Health

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Artificial lens, device

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LENS, CONTACT (ORTHOKERATOLOGY)LENS, CONTACT (POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE)LENS, FRESNEL, FLEXIBLE, DIAGNOSTIC

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Vision Specific Quality of Life of Pediatric Contact Lens Wearers
Purpose. Several studies have shown that children are capable of wearing and caring for contact lenses, but it is not known… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Contact Lens Wear Affects Tear Film Evaporation
Purpose. The aim of the study was to measure tear film evaporation of both contact lens wearers (CLW) and nonwearers. The… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Visual Performance of Subjects Wearing Presbyopic Contact Lenses
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to assess the visual performance of subjects wearing gas-permeable (GP) multifocal contact… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses and the ocular surface.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Keratocyte density in keratoconus. A confocal microscopy study(a).
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Bacterial adhesion to surface hydrophilic and hydrophobic contact lenses.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Bacterial Colonization of Disposable Soft Contact Lenses Is Greater during Corneal Infiltrative Events than during Asymptomatic Extended Lens Wear
ABSTRACT Microorganisms, especially gram-negative bacteria, are considered to play a role in the etiology of certain corneal… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Bacterial biofilm on contact lenses and lens storage cases in wearers with microbial keratitis
Bacterial biofilm formation on contact lenses (CLs), and CL storage cases may be a risk factor for CL‐associated corneal… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
The incidence of ulcerative keratitis among users of daily-wear and extended-wear soft contact lenses.
The wearing of contact lenses has increased dramatically in the past decade; over 4 million people in the United States now use… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Microbiology of contact lens-related keratitis.
We reviewed 397 cases of microbial keratitis examined at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, U.S.A., from… 
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