Keratoconus associated with other corneal dystrophies

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Cremona, Federico A ^a   Ghosheh, Faris R ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Eagle, Ralph C ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a   Ayres, Brandon D ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior basement membrane dystrophy; Association; Corneal dystrophies; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; Keratoconus; Posterior polymorphous dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTERIOR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTERIOR POLYMORPHOUS DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650626418     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181859935     Document Type: Article

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