Longitudinal Changes in Corneal Curvature in Keratoconus

2006137 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Timothy T. McMahon

Timothy B. Edrington · Marshall B. Ketchum University

Loretta Szczotka‐Flynn · Case Western Reserve University

Harald E. Olafsson · University of Utah

Larry J. Davis · University of Missouri–St. Louis

Kenneth B. Schechtman · Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract

CLEK patients exhibited a slow but clear increase in corneal curvature. Younger age and poorer high-contrast manifest refraction visual acuity at baseline predicted the rate of change in corneal curvature.

Topics & Keywords

Corneal surgery and disorders Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Corneal Surgery and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Cornea

Volume 25, Issue 3, pp. 296-305

DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000178728.57435.df

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