Case report: The occurrence of fibrillary lines in overnight orthokeratology

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-531

  Cheung, Sin Wan ^a   Cho, Pauline ^a   Bron, Anthony J ^b   Chui, Vincent ^a   Chan, Ben ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Fibrillary lines; Fleischer ring; Orthokeratology; Pigmented arc; Subbasal nerve plexus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EYEGLASSES; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOPIA;

EID: 33747130298     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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