Contact lenses in the management of keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1510-1516

  Barnett, Melissa ^a   Mannis, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

comfort; contact lenses; gas permeable contact lenses; keratoconus; scleral contact lenses; specialty contact lenses; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL GAS PERMEABLE LENS; CORNEOSCLERAL LENS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRID CONTACT LENS; INTRALIMBAL LENSE; KERATOCONUS; LENS; PIGGYBACK LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLERA LENS; SOFT LENS; SOFT TORIC LENS;

CONTACT LENSES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 81355127409     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318211401f     Document Type: Review

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