Referral patterns, treatment management and visual outcome in keratoconus

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-668

  Weed, K H ^a   McGhee, C N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Keratoconus; Penetrating keratoplasty; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031689167     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.165     Document Type: Article

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