Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 157-166 , August 2010

Keratoconus: A review

  • Miguel Romero-Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • MGR Doctores, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido

      Affiliations

    • Menicon Co., Ltd (Madrid Office), Iglesia 9, Apartamento 106, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 610 832 234; fax: +34 916 388 774.
    • ,
  • James S. Wolffsohn

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmic Research Group, Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK

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PII: S1367-0484(10)00056-1

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.04.006

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 157-166 , August 2010

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