Comparison of flat and steep rigid contact lens fitting methods in keratoconus

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1014-1021

  Zadnik, Karla ^a   Barr, Joseph T ^a   Steger May, Karen ^b   Edrington, Timothy B ^c   McMahon, Timothy T ^d   Gordon, Mae O ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CLEK Study; Contact lens; Keratoconus; Rigid contact lens

Indexed keywords

OPTOMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION;

CLEK STUDY; CONTACT LENS; KERATOCONUS; RIGID CONTACT LENS;

LENSES;

FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CURVATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 29344472630     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000192349.11525.de     Document Type: Article

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