The silicone rubber contact lens: Clinical indications and fitting technique

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Visser, Esther Simone ^a  

^a Visser Contactlenzen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Clinical indications; Decompensated eye; Dry eye; Eyelid defects; Fitting techniques; Irregular cornea; Perforation; Silicone rubber contact lens; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006448253     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(97)80025-2     Document Type: Article

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