Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 68-75 , April 2010

Role of hypo-osmotic saline drops in ocular comfort during contact lens wear

  • Ulrike Stahl

      Affiliations

    • The Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Optometry and Vision Science, Level 3, Rupert Myers Building, North Wing, Gate 14, Barker Street, NSW, 2052, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9385 4624; fax: +61 2 9313 6243.
    • ,
  • Mark Willcox

      Affiliations

    • The Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • The Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Fiona Stapleton

      Affiliations

    • The Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    • The Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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☆ This study was supported in part by the Australian Government through the Cooperative Research Centres Scheme, an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship through the University of New South Wales and by the Contact Lens Society of Australia Research Award (US).

PII: S1367-0484(10)00002-0

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.01.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 68-75 , April 2010

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