Variables Affecting Rigid Contact Lens Comfort in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Edrington, Timothy B ^a   Gundel, Rallph E ^b   Libassi, David P ^b   Wagner, Heide ^c   Pierce, Gilbert E ^d   Walline, Jeffrey J ^d   Barr, Joseph T ^d   Olafsson, Harald E ^e   Steger May, Karen ^f   Achtenberg, Joel ^g   Wilson, Brad S ^g   Gordon, Mae O ^g   Zadnik, Karla ^d  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Dept of Ophthalmol and Vis Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens fitting; Cornea; Keratoconus; Rigid gas permeable contact lens

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL SITES; VISUAL ACUITY;

OPTOMETERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12144290316     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200403000-00010     Document Type: Article

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