Epidemiology of keratoconus in an Iranian population

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1044-1047

  Ziaei, Hossein ^a   Jafarinasab, Mohammad Reza ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Karimian, Farid ^a   Poorsalman, Hossein ^a   Mahdavi, Manijeh ^b   Shoja, Mohammad Reza ^b   Katibeh, Marzieh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

epidemiology; incidence; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865449495     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8d3c     Document Type: Article

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