The Dundee University Scottish Keratoconus study: Demographics, corneal signs, associated diseases, and eye rubbing

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 534-541

  Weed, K H ^a   MacEwen, C J ^a   Giles, T ^b   Low, J ^a   McGhee, C N J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EYE REFRACTION; EYE RUBBING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETINA CONE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 42449106453     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702692     Document Type: Article

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