30 years of contact lens prescribing for keratoconic patients in Turkey

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-21

  Bilgin, Lale K ^a   Yilmaz, Şenay ^b   Araz, Bilge ^a   Yüksel, Serdar B ^a   Sezen, Turan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Cornea; Corneal ectasia; Keratoconus; Pachymetry; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EROSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HYDROPS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349092356     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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