Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91 , May 2006

Evaluation of povidone-iodine as a disinfectant solution for contact lenses: Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity for corneal epithelial cells

  • Ryoji Yanai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomolecular Recognition and Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 836 22 2277; fax: +81 836 29 2228.
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  • Naoyuki Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomolecular Recognition and Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
    • ,
  • Kiichi Ueda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomolecular Recognition and Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
    • ,
  • Motoharu Tajiri

      Affiliations

    • Ophtecs Corporation Research Center, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Toru Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Ophtecs Corporation Research Center, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiji Kido

      Affiliations

    • Ophtecs Corporation Research Center, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Shigeru Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Ophtecs Corporation Research Center, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Fumio Saito

      Affiliations

    • Ophtecs Corporation Research Center, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Teruo Nishida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomolecular Recognition and Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.02.006

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91 , May 2006

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