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      Corneal Sensitivity Changes in Long-Term Wearing of Hard Polymethylmethacrylate Contact Lenses

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      Journal: Ophthalmologica
      Publisher: S. Karger AG
      Keywords: Contact lenses, Corneal sensitivity, Polymethylmethacrylate

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          The effect on corneal sensitivity of years of wearing hard contact lenses was evaluated in 20 subjects who had worn polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) lenses for up to 20 years. An age- and sex-matched group of 20 eyes was used as the control group. It was found that corneal sensitivity diminished significantly in wearers of PMMA contact lenses. This reduction of corneal sensitivity was found to be most prominent centrally and was markedly related with the duration of PMMA contact lens use. The loss of corneal sensitivity due to wearing contact lenses increases the risk of a silent infection.

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          Journal ID (publisher-id): OPH
          Journal ID (nlm-ta): Ophthalmologica
          Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0030-3755
          Title: Ophthalmologica
          Publisher: S. Karger AG
          ISSN (Print): 0030-3755
          ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0267
          Publication date Subscription-year: 1998
          Publication date (Print): October 1998
          Publication date (Electronic): 12 August 1998
          Volume: 212
          Issue: 5
          Pages: 328-330
          Affiliations
          Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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          Publisher ID: 27317 Other ID: Ophthalmologica 1998;212:328–330
          DOI: 10.1159/000027317
          PubMed ID: 9693290
          SO-VID: 4e7926bb-6568-4c4f-a680-1de6fbe5fc0f
          Copyright © © 1998 S. Karger AG, Basel
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          Subject: Original Paper · Travail original · Originalarbeit

          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
          Keywords: Contact lenses,Corneal sensitivity,Polymethylmethacrylate
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          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences, Ophthalmology & Optometry, Pathology
          Keywords: Contact lenses, Corneal sensitivity, Polymethylmethacrylate

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