Keratoconus in Asian eyes at a tertiary eye care facility

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-101

  Saini, Jagjit S ^a   Saroha, Vandana ^a   Singh, P ^a   Sukhija, Jaspreet S ^a   Jain, Arun K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Asian eyes; Corneal scars; Keratoconus; Signs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2942679740     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2004.tb03155.x     Document Type: Article

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