Corneal scarring and vision in keratoconus: A baseline report from the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) study

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 804-812

  Zadnik, Karla ^a   Barr, Joseph T ^a   Edrington, Timothy B ^b   Nichols, Jason J ^a   Wilson, Brad S ^c   Siegmund, Kimberly ^d   Gordon, Mae O ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal scarring; Keratoconus; Low contrast visual acuity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; GLARE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CICATRIX; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033758536     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200011000-00009     Document Type: Article

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