Contact lens related quality of life in patients with keratoconus

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Erdurmus, Mesut ^a   Yildiz, Elvin H ^a   Abdalla, Yasmine F ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Keratoconus; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRID; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549115592     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31819d1dd0     Document Type: Article

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