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Showing posts with label KERATOCONUS. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

KERATOCONUS , KERATOGLOBUS , KERATOCONUS POSTERIOR

KERATOCONUS
Keratoconus (conical cornea) (Fig. 1) is a noninflammatory bilateral (85%) ectatic condition of cornea in its axial part. It usually starts at puberty and progresses slowly.

Etiopathogenesis. It is still not clear. Various theoriesproposed so far label it as developmental condition,degenerative condition, hereditary dystrophy and