Keratoconus - A review from a tertiary eye-care center

Journal of Optometry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Mahadevan, Rajeswari ^a   Arumugam, Amudha Oli ^a   Arunachalam, Valarmathi ^a   Kumaresan, Brindha ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; India; Keratoconus; Tertiary eye clinic

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549096016     PISSN: 18884296     EISSN: 19891342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3921/joptom.2009.166     Document Type: Article

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