Clinical profile and risk factors for keratoplasty and development of hydrops in North Indian patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-370

  Sharma, Reena ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Prakash, Gaurav ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Hydrops; Keratoconus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL HYDROPS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650587402     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818cd077     Document Type: Article

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