Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) lens slows myopia progression in Hong Kong Chinese schoolchildren: A 2-year randomised clinical trial

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-45

  Lam, Carly Siu Yin ^a   Tang, Wing Chun ^a   Tse, Dennis Yan Yin ^a,b   Tang, Ying Yung ^a   To, Chi Ho ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOREFRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOPIA; DEFOCUS INCORPORATED SOFT CONTACT LENS; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE VISION CONTACT LENS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD HEALTH (PAEDIATRICS); CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; OPTICS AND REFRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84890558806     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303914     Document Type: Article

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