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CONTACT LENS CORRECTION OF VISUAL LOSS IN KERATOCONUS
Author(s) -
CARNEY L. G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1982.tb06741.x
Subject(s) - keratoconus , contact lens , contrast (vision) , visual acuity , optometry , lens (geology) , ophthalmology , medicine , optics , residual , cornea , physics , computer science , algorithm
Visual acuity and contrast threshold functions of 5 bilateral keratoconic patients were measured following spectacle correction and rigid contact lens correction. Visual function was improved by contact lens correction, but some contrast at attenuation remained. This residual loss could not always be related to routine visual acuity findings.