The early history of keratoconus prior to Nottingham's landmark 1854 treatise on conical cornea: A review

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-145

  Grzybowski, Andrzej ^a,b   Mcghee, Charles N J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b Poznan City Hospital   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; History; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS;

EID: 84877925474     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12035     Document Type: Review

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