Clinical performance and fitting characteristics with a multicurve lens for keratoconus

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Jae, Lim Lee ^c   Kim, Mee Kum ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Base curve radius to peripheral curve radius relationship; Comfort; Keratoconus; Multicurve lens; Sim K

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GLARE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KOREA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842485983     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000095230.24618.03     Document Type: Article

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