Current applications and efficacy of scleral contact lenses - A retrospective study

Journal of Optometry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Severinsky, Boris ^a   Millodot, Michel ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas permeable scleral lenses; Scleral lenses; Therapeutic lenses; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951522333     PISSN: 18884296     EISSN: 19891342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1888-4296(10)70022-4     Document Type: Article

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