Estimation of the incidence and factors predictive of corneal scarring in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) study

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-25

  Barr, Joseph T ^a   Wilson, Brad S ^b   Gordon, Mae O ^b   Rah, Marjorie J ^d   Riley, Colleen ^c   Kollbaum, Pete S ^c   Zadnik, Karla ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratoconus; Opacification; Scarring

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SCARRING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CICATRIX; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744449083     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000164831.87593.08     Document Type: Article

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