Posterior corneal changes with orthokeratology

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Owens, Helen ^a   Garner, Leon F ^a   Craig, Jennifer P ^a   Gamble, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corneal remodeling; Corneal thickness; Corneal topography; Myopia; Orthokeratology; Posterior cornea; Rigid contact lenses

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; OPTOMETERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORNEAL THICKNESS; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2942661944     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000135097.99877.5d     Document Type: Article

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