Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 242-243 , October 2008

Trends in the use of silicone hydrogel contact lenses for daily wear

  • Nathan Efron

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Cnr Musk Avenue & Blamey Street, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3138 6401; fax: +61 7 3319 6974.
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  • Philip B. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Eurolens Research, The University of Manchester, Moffat Building, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom

References 

  1. Efron N, Morgan PB, Cameron ID, Brennan NA, Goodwin M. Oxygen permeability and water content of silicone hydrogel contact lens materials. Optom Vis Sci. 2007;84:328–337
  2. Maldonado-Codina C, Morgan PB, Schnider CM, Efron N. Short-term physiologic response in neophyte subjects fitted with hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2004;81:911–921
  3. Morgan PB, Efron N. A decade of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996–2005). Contact Lens Ant Eye. 2006;29:59–68
  4. Morgan PB, Efron N, Hill EA, Raynor MK, Whiting MA, Tullo AB. Incidence of keratitis of varying severity among contact lens wearers. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:430–436

PII: S1367-0484(08)00094-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.06.004

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 242-243 , October 2008

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