The lifetime economic burden of keratoconus: A decision analysis using a markov model

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 768-773.e2

  Rebenitsch, Ronald L ^a   Kymes, Steven M ^a   Walline, Jeffrey J ^b   Gordon, Mae O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79955152915     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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