Limbal stem cell disease: Management with scleral lenses

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-594

  Schornack, Muriel M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Epitheliopathy; Keratoconjunctivitis; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Scleral lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LIMBUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCLERA; STEM CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; SCLERA; STEM CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80054883674     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2011.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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