Visual acuity and ocular aberrations with different rigid gas permeable lens fittings in keratoconus

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Jinabhai, Amit ^a   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higherorder aberrations; Keratoconus; RGP contact lenses; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; DEVICE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID GAS PERMEABLE LENS; SHACK HARTMANN ABERROMETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954657506     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181e52dd1     Document Type: Article

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