[Keratoconus: epidemiology, risk factors and diagnosis].

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Keratoconus is a bilateral, non-inflammatory and progredient corneal ectasia with an incidence of approximately 1 per 2,000 in the general population. Within the second decade of life the cornea develops a conical shape, due to thinning of the corneal stroma with subsequent irregular astigmatism and myopia leading to marked impairment of vision. The most common presentation of the keratoconus is as a sporadic...

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