Keratoconus fittings: Apical clearance or apical support?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-155

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apical clearance; Apical support; Contact lens fitting; Ectasia; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LENS POWER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544367098     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000138717.57592.36     Document Type: Review

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