Refractive issues in pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-188

  Sharma, Sushma ^a,b   Rekha, Wuntakal ^a   Sharma, Tarun ^a   Downey, Gabrielle ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Eye; Myopia; Pregnancy; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTACT LENS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MYOPIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33745945295     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00569.x     Document Type: Review

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