Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration: Evaluation of the corneal surface and contact lens fitting

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-323

  Gruenauer Kloevekorn, Claudia ^a   Fischer, U ^b   Kloevekorn Norgall, K ^b   Duncker, G I W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Optometry Trothe Optik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEAL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644673649     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.079988     Document Type: Article

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