Baseline findings in the collaborative longitudinal evaluation of keratoconus (CLEK) study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2537-2546

  Zadnik, Karla ^a   Barr, Joseph T ^a   Edrington, Timothy B ^b   Everett, Donald F ^c   Jameson, Mary ^d   McMahon, Timothy T ^e   Shin, Julie A ^b   Sterling, John L ^f   Wagner, Heidi ^g   Gordon, Mae O ^h  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 18144446053     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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