Apical clearance rigid contact lenses induce corneal steepening

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 427-435

  Swarbrick, Helen A ^a   Hiew, Ross ^a   Kee, Ai Vy ^a   Peterson, Sophia ^a   Tahhan, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apical clearance; Corneal edema; Corneal topography; Lens fenestration; Orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CONTACT LENSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORNEAL TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTION ERROR;

VISION;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 2942661940     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000135096.22749.64     Document Type: Article

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