Reversibility of effects of orthokeratology on visual acuity, refractive error, corneal topography, and contrast sensitivity

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 224-228

  Kobayashi, Yasuko ^a   Yanai, Ryoji ^a   Chikamoto, Nobuhiko ^a   Chikama, Tai Ichiro ^a   Ueda, Kiichi ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Contrast sensitivity; Corneal topography; Overnight orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149113191     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318165d501     Document Type: Article

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