Pregnancy-induced progression of keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 991-994

  Bilgihan, Kamil ^a   Hondur, Ahmet ^a   Sul, Sabahattin ^a   Ozturk, Sertac ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

corneal topography; keratoconus; pregnancy; progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051796425     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182068adc     Document Type: Article

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