What causes keratoconus?

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 716-719

  Sugar, Joel ^a   MacSai, Marian S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

atopy; contact lens; cornea; etiology; eye rubbing; genetic; keratoconus; stroma

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B40 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CORNEA CELL; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE IRRITATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; NONHUMAN; OCULOCARDIAC REFLEX; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CONTACT LENSES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MASSAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861097225     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8c72     Document Type: Review

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