Corneal scarring in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) study: Baseline prevalence and repeatability of detection

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-46

  Barr, Joseph T ^d   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^d   Pierce, Gilbert E ^d   Pensyl, C Denise ^b   Zadnik, Karla ^c   Gordon, Mae O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ohio Stt Univ Coll of Optom ^*

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratoconus; Photography; Scarring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032925308     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199901000-00007     Document Type: Article

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