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Computer-Assisted Corneal Topography in Family Members of Patients With Keratoconus
1 Mar 1990
Abstract excerpt
In about 6% of patients with keratoconus, there is a history of familial disease. High keratometric astigmatism and mildly irregular mires observed by placidois disc have been suggested to represent variable forms of expression of a gene in family members of patients with keratoconus. We used a computer-assisted digital videophotokeratoscope to map the corneas of 28 family members of 5 patients with keratoconus....
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