Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 247-255 , December 2006

Clinical and laboratory testing of a silver-impregnated lens case

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☆ A complete version of the clinical trial data presented in this article previously appeared in the weekly journal “Optician”. Amos C. Clinical testing of the MicroBlock® antimicrobial lens case. Optician 2005;230(6008):16–20.

PII: S1367-0484(06)00132-9

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.09.007

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 247-255 , December 2006

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