Corneal endothelial cell count in keratoconus patients after contact lens wear

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Edmonds, Charles R ^a,d   Wung, Shu Fen ^c   Husz, Marla J ^a   Pemberton, Bart ^b  

^a Drs Edmonds and Husz OD PC   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal endothelial cell count; Corneal topography; Keratoconus; Specular microscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA CONE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842538023     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000105561.89689.C8     Document Type: Article

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