Baseline Factors Predictive of Incident Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gordon, Mae O ^a   Steger May, Karen ^a   Szczotka Flynn, Loretta ^b   Riley, Colleen ^c   Joslin, Charlotte E ^d   Weissman, Barry A ^e   Fink, Barbara A ^f   Edrington, Timothy B ^g   Olafsson, Harald E ^h   Zadnik, Karla ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vistakon   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845232483     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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