Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 29-37 , February 2008

Morphologic changes in cat epithelium following continuous wear of orthokeratology lenses: A pilot study

  • Jennifer D. Choo

      Affiliations

    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR, USA
    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • University of New South Wales School of Optometry, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute for Eye Research, Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Level 3 RMB, Gate 14 Barker Street, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9385 7611; fax: +61 2 9385 7401.
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  • Patrick J. Caroline

      Affiliations

    • Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR, USA
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  • Dustin D. Harlin

      Affiliations

    • Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR, USA
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  • Eric B. Papas

      Affiliations

    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • University of New South Wales School of Optometry, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Brien A. Holden

      Affiliations

    • Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • University of New South Wales School of Optometry, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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☆ Presented as a paper at The Second Global Orthokeratology Symposium, Toronto, Canada, July 2004, The Fourth Symposium of the Orthokeratology Society of Australia, Gold Coast, Australia, October 2004, and The Society for Orthokeratology in Singapore Meeting, Singapore, April 2005.

PII: S1367-0484(07)00077-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.07.002

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