Keratoconus: What happens with older patients?;Kératocône: Que deviennent les patients âgé?

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 779-782

  Pobelle Frasson, C ^a,b   Velou, S ^a   Huslin, V ^a   Massicault, B ^a   Colin, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER D AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Epidemiology; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 4744366991     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0181-5512(04)96213-4     Document Type: Article

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