Keratoconus: A review

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 157-166

  Romero Jiménez, Miguel ^a   Santodomingo Rubido, Jacinto ^b   Wolffsohn, James S ^c  

^a MGR Doctores   (Spain)

^b MENICON CO LTD   (Spain)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Classification; Epidemiology; Keratoconus; Management; Review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS IMPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954145472     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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