Keratoconus in Asians: Demographics, clinical characteristics and visual function in a hospital-based population

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-307

  Khor, Wei Boon ^a   Wei, Rui H ^a,b,c   Lim, Li ^a   Chan, Choi M ^a   Tan, Donald T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian; Demographics; Ethnicity; Keratoconus; VF 14

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958735200     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02458.x     Document Type: Article

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