Disease severity and family history in keratoconus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1108-1111

  Szczotka Flynn, L ^a,b   Slaughter, M ^b   McMahon, T ^c   Barr, J ^d   Edrington, T ^e   Fink, B ^d   Lass, J ^a   Belin, M ^f   Iyengar, S K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CICATRIX; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 49049112439     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.130294     Document Type: Article

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