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Conjunctival Characteristics of Contact Lens Wearers and Nonwearers and Their Association with Symptomatology

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Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3

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Unlike corneal staining, conjunctival staining has not been extensively investigated. However, interest in the association between conjunctival anomalies and dry eye symptomatology recently has increased. Histopathological studies have pointed to a modified goblet cell secretion in dry eye pathology 1and a reduction in goblet cell count in long-term contact lens wearers.2

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  1. Contact Lens Research Consultants London, UK

    Karine Girard-Claudon, Cécile Maissa & Philip Cooper

  2. Centre Optométrique Université de Paris-Sud Orsay, France

    Karine Girard-Claudon

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  1. Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    David A. Sullivan , Darlene A. Dartt  & Rose M. Sullivan ,  & 

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    David A. Sullivan  & Darlene A. Dartt  & 

  3. Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California, USA

    Michael E. Stern

  4. Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan

    Kazuo Tsubota

  5. Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

    Kazuo Tsubota

  6. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    B. Britt Bromberg

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Guillon, M., Girard-Claudon, K., Maissa, C., Cooper, P. (2002). Conjunctival Characteristics of Contact Lens Wearers and Nonwearers and Their Association with Symptomatology. In: Sullivan, D.A., Stern, M.E., Tsubota, K., Dartt, D.A., Sullivan, R.M., Bromberg, B.B. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 506. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_132

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