What's in a name: Keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, and related thinning disorders

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Belin, Michael W ^a   Asota, Ijeoma M ^a   Ambrosio Jr , Renato ^b   Khachikian, Stephen S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Instituto de Olhos Renato Ambrosio   (Brazil)

^c Black Hills Regional Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; NOMENCLATURE; ORBIT; PELLUCID MARGINAL DEGENERATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 79960845538     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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