Corneal response to orthokeratology

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 791-799

  Swarbrick, Helen A ^a   Wong, Gunter ^a   O'Leary, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Corneal topography; Orthokeratology; Pachometry; Rigid contact lenses

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PACHOMETRY; RIGID CONTACT LENSES;

CONTACT LENSES;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032211850     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199811000-00019     Document Type: Article

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