Feasibility of fitting contact lenses with apical clearance in keratoconus

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 729-732

  Gundel, Ralph E ^a   Libassi, David P ^a   Zadnik, Karla ^b   Barr, Joseph T ^b   Davis, Larry ^c   McMahon, Timothy T ^d   Edrington, Timothy B ^e   Gordon, Mae O ^f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

contact lens fitting; keratoconus; RGP contact lens

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; VISION AIDS;

CONTACT LENS FITTING; FEASIBILITY; KERATOCONUS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030442759     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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