Pregnancy-triggered iatrogenic (post-laser in situ keratomileusis) corneal ectasia-a case report

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-572

  Padmanabhan, Prema ^a   Radhakrishnan, Aiswaryah ^a   Natarajan, Radhika ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Forme fruste keratoconus; Iatrogenic corneal ectasia; Post LASIK ectasia; Pregnancy induced corneal ectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL ECTASIA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951764882     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181bd9f2d     Document Type: Article

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