The Dundee University Scottish Keratoconus Study II: A prospective study of optical and surgical correction

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-567

  Weed, K H ^a   MacEwen, C J ^a   McGhee, C N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Keratoconus; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA HYPEREMIA; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION INDEX; STAINING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35448986657     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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