Contact lens wear after photorefractive keratectomy: Comparison between rigid gas permeable and soft contact lenses

CLAO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 222-227

  Lim, Li ^a   Siow, Ka Lin ^a   Chong Chong, James Sing ^a   Hwee Tan, Donald Tiang ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS POWER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REFRACTION ERROR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032749858     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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