Reduction of myopia from corneal refractive therapy

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 512-518

  Sorbara, Luigina ^a   Fonn, Desmond ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Lu, Fenghe ^a   Kort, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; CRT; Myopia reduction; Orthokeratology; Overnight study; Vision response

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; OPTOMETERS; REFRACTION;

CORNEAL REFRACTIVE THERAPY (CRT); LENS WEAR; REFRACTIVE THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROSILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOKERATOMETER; CENTRAL CORNEAL RADIUS OF CURVATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA REFRACTIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH CONTRAST VISUAL ACUITY; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LOW CONTRAST VISUAL ACUITY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT CHANGE; SUBJECTIVE VISION; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SELF CONCEPT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 21344445474     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000166772.68413.0e     Document Type: Article

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