Corneal ectasias: Study cohorts and epidemiology

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-4

  Bialasiewicz, Alexander ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^b  

^a Qatar   (Qatar)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

COHORT STUDIES; CORNEA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84878778363     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.106379     Document Type: Editorial

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