Contact lens fitting in keratoconus

Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Garcia Lledo, Magdalena ^a   Feinbaum, Claes ^a,b   Alio, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal ectasia; Irregular astigmatism; Keratoconus; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AMBLYOPIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33744469847     PISSN: 15277313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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