Mechanism for corneal reshaping in hyperopic orthokeratology

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages e306-e311

  Gifford, Paul ^a   Au, Vivien ^a   Hon, Barney ^a   Siu, Anna ^a   Xu, Pauline ^a   Swarbrick, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Corneal refractive therapy; Corneal topography; Fenestration; Hyperopia; Mechanism; Orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TEAR FILM; WAKEFULNESS;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CORNEAL REFRACTIVE THERAPY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; HYPEROPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY;

CONTACT LENSES; REFRACTION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 67449106239     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181989266     Document Type: Article

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