RGP fitting philosophies for keratoconus

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 230-235

  Leung, Karen K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apical bearing; Apical clearance; Contact lens fitting; Keratoconus; Rigid gas permeable (RGP); Three point touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744379740     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1999.tb06653.x     Document Type: Article

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