Hearing disability in patients with Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy: Unrecognized co-pathology?

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1297-1301

  Stehouwer, Marilette ^a   Bijlsma, Ward R ^a   van der Lelij, Allegonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy; Hearing disability; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 81055144789     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s23091     Document Type: Article

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