Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , February 2012

Cone location and correction of keratoconus with rigid gas-permeable contact lenses

  • Mahmood Nejabat

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad Reza Khalili

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • ,
  • Cirous Dehghani

      Affiliations

    • Optometrist, Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Optometry Clinic, Dastgheib Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Tel.: +98 7116288548; fax: +98 7116288548.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2011.08.007

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , February 2012

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