Incidence and severity of keratoconus in Asir province, Saudi Arabia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1403-1406

  Assiri, A A ^a,b   Yousuf, B I ^b   Quantock, A J ^a   Murphy, P J ^a   Assiri, Abdullah A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27344450278     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.074955     Document Type: Article

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