Topographical Thickness of the Epithelium and Total Cornea after Overnight Wear of Reverse-Geometry Rigid Contact Lenses for Myopia Reduction

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4742-4746

  Wang, Jianhua ^a,b   Fonn, Desmond ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^a   Sorbara, Luigina ^a   Kort, Richard ^a   Jones, Lyndon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVERSE GEOMETRY RIGID CONTACT LENS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142139230     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0239     Document Type: Article

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