The Boston Scleral Lens in the treatment of pediatric patients

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-267

  Gungor, Inci ^a,b   Schor, Kenneth ^a,c   Rosenthal, Perry ^a,d   Jacobs, Deborah S ^a,d  

^a Boston Foundation for Sight   (United States)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45549086487     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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