Review: Keratoconus in Asia

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-593

  Kok, Yee Onn ^a   Ling Tan, Grace Feng ^a   Loon, Seng Chee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; corneal cross linking; epidemiology; intrastromal corneal ring segments; keratoconus; risk factors; treatment

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ASIA; ASTIGMATISM; ATOPY; BLINDNESS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA PERFORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; INDIAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; LONGEVITY; MYOPIA; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL SYSTEM HOMEOBOX 1 GENE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84859939184     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820cd61d     Document Type: Review

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