Topographic indications of emerging keratoconus in teenage New Zealanders

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-318

  Owens, Helen ^a   Gamble, Greg D ^a   Bjornholdt, Melissa C ^a   Boyce, Nicola K ^a   Keung, Lynnell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; Keratoconus; Screening; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34147164934     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31802f8d87     Document Type: Article

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