Bitoric gas-permeable contact lens application in pellucid marginal corneal degeneration

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Dominguez, Charles E ^a   Shah, Arti ^a   Weissman, Barry A ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitoric gas permeable contact lens; Corneal farinata; Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration; Vogt's striae

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MEDICAL RECORD; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 32044440568     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000156221.47633.1F     Document Type: Article

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