The association of keratoconus with immune disorders

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1261-1264

  Nemet, Arie Y ^a   Vinker, Shlomo ^b,c   Bahar, Irit ^d   Kaiserman, Igor ^e,f  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

collagen; immune disorders; inflammation; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELIAC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRRITABLE COLON; ISRAEL; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; ISRAEL; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149281388     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181cb410b     Document Type: Article

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