Soft contact lenses for keratoconus: Case report

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-147

  González Méijome, José M ^a,c   Jorge, Jorge ^a   De Almeida, José B ^a   Parafita, Manuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Comfort; Moderate keratoconus; Soft K; Thick fenestrated soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LEISURE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OCCUPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTACLES; SPORT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; KERATOMETRY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE;

EID: 33745781203     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000179707.85290.f4     Document Type: Article

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