Change in refractive anisometropia in presbyopic adults wearing monovision contact lens correction

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Wick, Bruce ^a   Westin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Anisometropia; Emmetropization; Monovision contact lens correction

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; REFRACTION; VISION;

MONOVISION CONTACT LENS; REFRACTIVE ANISOMETROPIA;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0032597912     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199901000-00026     Document Type: Article

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