Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 23-28 , March 2007

Initial comfort of lotrafilcon A silicone hydrogel contact lenses versus etafilcon A contact lenses for extended wear

  • Raul Martin

      Affiliations

    • IOBA Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Department of Physics TAO, University of Valladolid, C/Ramón y Cajal, 7 E-47005 Valladolid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 983 423 559; fax: +34 983 423 274.
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  • Victoria de Juan

      Affiliations

    • IOBA Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Guadalupe Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • IOBA Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Sofia Martin

      Affiliations

    • IOBA Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Soraya Fonseca

      Affiliations

    • IOBA Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

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☆ The preliminary results of this manuscript has been presented in “XIX International Meeting of Optics, Optometry and Contact Lenses” in Madrid, Spain, March 10, 2006.

PII: S1367-0484(06)00157-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.11.002

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 23-28 , March 2007

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