A case of keratoconus progression associated with the use of topical latanoprost

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-336

  Amano, Shiro ^a,c   Nakai, Yoshiyuki ^b   Ko, Akiko ^b   Inoue, Kenji ^b   Wakakura, Masato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Inoue Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Latanoprost

Indexed keywords

LATANOPROST;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 51349101741     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0554-6     Document Type: Letter

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