A hyper-Dk piggyback contact lens system for keratoconus

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

  O'Donnell, Clare ^a   Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Piggyback contact lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISINFECTION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; EYE REFRACTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; SILASTIC;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842538031     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000104596.50832.7F     Document Type: Article

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