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Corneal Diseases in Children: Contact Lenses

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Corneal Diseases in Children

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Advances in the field of contact lens have allowed for safe and practical contact lens wear in the pediatric population. Children with large refractive errors, symptomatic anisometropia, irregular astigmatism, or ocular surface disease, particularly during the critical period for amblyopia, stand to benefit the most from contact lens correction. Although some attention will be paid to cosmetic and activity-related correction of refractive error in children, the main purpose of this chapter is to review the medical uses of contact lenses in children.

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Deborah S. Jacobs and Aaron C. Barrett declare that they have no conflict of interest. Deborah S. Jacobs, M.D. is a full-time salaried employee of Boston Foundation for Sight, 501(c)3. She has no proprietary or financial interest in any contact lens or prosthetic device.

No human or animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.

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Jacobs, D.S., Barrett, A. (2017). Corneal Diseases in Children: Contact Lenses. In: Colby, K. (eds) Corneal Diseases in Children. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55298-9_9

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