Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear
"Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Hydrophilic contact lenses worn for an extended period or permanently.
| Descriptor ID |
D003262
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.632.500.276.360.220
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| Concept/Terms |
Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear- Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear
- Contact Lenses, Extended Wear
- Extended-Wear Contact Lenses
- Lenses, Extended-Wear Contact
- Contact Lens, Extended-Wear
- Contact Lens, Extended Wear
- Extended-Wear Contact Lens
- Lens, Extended-Wear Contact
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear" by people in Profiles.
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Case series: Extended wear of rigid gas permeable scleral contact lenses for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2019 02; 42(1):117-122.
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Use of fluid-ventilated, gas-permeable scleral lens for management of severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca secondary to chronic graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Sep; 13(9):1016-21.
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The effects of long-term contact lens wear on corneal thickness, curvature, and surface regularity. Ophthalmology. 2000 Jan; 107(1):105-11.
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Granular epithelial keratopathy as an unusual manifestation of Pseudomonas keratitis associated with extended-wear soft contact lenses. Am J Ophthalmol. 1990 Jan 15; 109(1):17-22.
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Disposable extended-wear contact lens-related keratitis. Case report. Arch Ophthalmol. 1989 Aug; 107(8):1121.
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Bacterial keratitis associated with extended wear soft contact lenses. CLAO J. 1985 Jul-Sep; 11(3):234-6.