Use of contact lenses for management of keratoconus

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-394

  Lembach, Richard G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TETRACYCLINE;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; BLEPHARITIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LOWER EYELID; MATERIALS; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; RIGID GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 0141480861     PISSN: 08961549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-1549(03)00057-9     Document Type: Review

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