Corneal ectasia following cataract extraction surgery in a patient with keratoconus: a case report

Background According to experimental and clinical published studies, patients with keratoconus have a genetic predisposition to corneal ectasia; however, ectasia might not be activated or reactivated unless an additional stressful event triggers the disease. Triggering factors are sources of reactiv...
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Autor*in:

Labiris, Georgios [verfasserIn]

Panagiotopoulou, Eirini-Kanella

Ntonti, Panagiota

Taliantzis, Sergios

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2019

Schlagwörter:

Keratoconus reactivation

Phacoemulsification surgery

Two-hit hypothesis

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© The Author(s). 2019

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Enthalten in: Journal of medical case reports - London : BioMed Central, 2007, 13(2019), 1 vom: 19. Sept.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:13 ; year:2019 ; number:1 ; day:19 ; month:09

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s13256-019-2238-x

Katalog-ID:

SPR031077331

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