A 48-year clinical and epidemiologic study of keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 267-273

  Kennedy, Robert H ^a   Bourne, William M ^a   Dyer, John A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0022577146     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(86)90817-2     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Keratoconus and related noninflammatory corneal thinning disorders
2. Keratoconus. Maternal age and social class
3. Keratoconus and coexisting atopic disease
4. Aetiology of keratoconus
5. An association of keratoconus and mitral valve prolapse
6. Mayo Clinic records linkage system in the Rochester-Olmsted epidemiology program project
7. The patient record in epidemiology
8. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations
9. A study of the occurrence of atopic traits in patients with keratoconus
10. Keratoconus and atopic diseases
11. Eye-rubbing and contact lenses
12. Keratoconus that developed in patients wearing corneal contact lenses
13. Previous hard contact lens wear in keratoconus
14. Hard contact lens wear as an environmental risk in keratoconus
15. Keratoconus in contact lens wear
16. Studying the role of an environmental factor in disease etiology