Residual corneal flattening after discontinuation of long-term orthokeratology lens wear in asian children

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 333-337

  Wu, Richard ^a,b   Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Swarbrick, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian children; Corneal curvature; Corneal recovery; Corneal refractive therapy (CRT); Discontinuation; Orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CURVATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74249117298     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181bdc41f     Document Type: Article

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