Abnormal rubbing and keratectasia

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 1 OF 2, 2007, Pages 265-271

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormal rubbing; Intraocular pressure; Keratectasia; Keratoconus; Mechanical trauma

Indexed keywords

CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE RUBBING; FORCE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SCRATCHING;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYE; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KERATOCONUS; MASSAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36048942628     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31814fb64b     Document Type: Review

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