Scleral contact lenses: The expanding role

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-277

  Pullum, Kenneth W ^a,b   Whiting, Mark A ^a   Buckley, Roger J ^a,c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal transplant; Gas permeable; Keratoconus; Ocular surface disease; Scleral contact lenses; Scleral lenses

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DATA BASE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PTOSIS; ROSACEA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 15744369022     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000148311.94180.6b     Document Type: Article

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