The influence of gender and hormone status on the severity and progression of keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Fink, Barbara A ^a   Sinnott, Loraine T ^a   Wagner, Heidi ^b   Friedman, Chad ^c   Zadnik, Karla ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged 48 59 years; however; Keratoconus progressed in both men and women; There were no differences among the groups in progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75649142967     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ac0518     Document Type: Article

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