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New Keratoconus Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Case—Control Study

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose. To evaluate risk factors associated with keratoconus in a monocentric cross-sectional case-control study. Methods. This observational study occurred from June 2019 to February 2021 in a university hospital (France).
Eloi Debourdeau, Gabriel Planells, Chloe Chamard, David Touboul, Max Villain, Pascal Demoly, Fanny Babeau, Pierre Fournie, Vincent Daien   +8 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of keratoconus (including oxidative stress biomarkers) in a cohort study of Shiraz university of medical science employees in Iran

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background To determine the prevalence of keratoconus in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Employees and the related risk factors including oxidative stress biomarkers. Methods 2546 subjects’ mean age ± SD, 40.35 ± 6.70 (46% male) were recruited. All
Sahar Mohaghegh, Haleh Kangari, Seyed Jalil Masoumi, Shahram Bamdad, Saeed Rahmani, Saeed Abdi, Nagham Fazil, Saeedeh Shahbazi   +7 more
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Single-cell atlas of keratoconus corneas revealed aberrant transcriptional signatures and implicated mechanical stretch as a trigger for keratoconus pathogenesis

Cell Discovery, 2022
Keratoconus is a common ectatic corneal disorder in adolescents and young adults that can lead to progressive visual impairment or even legal blindness. Despite the high prevalence, its etiology is not fully understood. In this study, we performed single-
Shengqian Dou, Qun Wang, Bin Zhang, Chao Wei, Huijin Wang, Ting Liu, Haoyun Duan, Hui Jiang, Mingna Liu, Xiaolin Qi, Qingjun Zhou, Lixin Xie, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao   +13 more
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Keratoconus epidemiology: A review

Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Keratoconus is an ectatic corneal disease that affects both men and women, usually at a young age. Risk factors such as eye rubbing, environmental and genetic factors contribute to its pathogenesis.
J. A. Gomes, P. Rodrigues, L. L. Lamazales   +2 more
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The correlation between keratoconus and eye rubbing: a review [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory disorder which is gradual in development; corneal thinning and ectatic protrusion characterizes it. Keratoconus prevalence varies between different regions depending on several factors that affecting its prevalence ...
Hatim Najmi, Yara Mobarki, Khalid Mania, Bashaer Altowairqi, Mohammed Basehi, Mohammed Salih Mahfouz, Mona Elmahdy   +6 more
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Contrast sensitivity and higher-order aberrations in Keratoconus subjects

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study analyzes the relationship between contrast-sensitivity and higher-order aberrations (HOA) in mild and subclinical-keratoconus in subjects with good visual-acuity (VA).
Einat Shneor, David P. Piñero, Ravid Doron   +2 more
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Keratoconus enlargement as a predictor of keratoconus progression [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
Numerous approaches have been designated to document progression in keratoconus, nevertheless there is no consistent or clear definition of ectasia progression.
Ana Maria Cunha, Paulo Jorge Correia, Hélio Alves, Luís Torrão, Raúl Moreira, Fernando Falcão-Reis, João Pinheiro-Costa   +6 more
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Association between hair cortisol levels and keratoconus: A prospective study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
IntroductionKeratoconus is a progressive corneal disorder characterized by corneal thinning often leading to significant visual impairment. Recent research suggests a potential role of cortisol in the development and progression of keratoconus.
Noor Alqudah, Nosayba Al-Azzam, Leen El Taani, Mohammad Al Qudah, Abdallah Sharayah, Rita A Al-Rihani   +5 more
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Distribution of pediatric keratoconus by different age and gender groups

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
PurposeTo evaluate the distribution of pediatric keratoconus patients and the disease severity based on different age and gender groups in China.Materials and methodsA total of 446 keratoconus eyes in 266 pediatric patients from January 2019 to January ...
Kaili Yang, Yuwei Gu, Liyan Xu, Qi Fan, Meng Zhu, Qing Wang, Shanshan Yin, Bo Zhang, Chenjiu Pang, Shengwei Ren   +9 more
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Novel Technique of Transepithelial Corneal Cross-Linking Using Iontophoresis in Progressive Keratoconus [PDF]

, 2016
In this work, the authors presented the techniques and the preliminary results at 6 months of a randomized controlled trial (NCT02117999) comparing a novel transepithelial corneal cross-linking protocol using iontophoresis with the Dresden protocol for ...
Lombardo, Giuseppe, Lombardo, Marco, Raffa, Paolo, Rosati, Marianna, Serrao, Sebastiano   +4 more
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