Keratoconus Screening in Elementary School Children

Keratoconus is a degenerative structural disease of the cornea. Progression leads to poor acuity that is not easily correctable by standard means. New treatments, such as collagen cross-linking, lead to better long-term outcomes if performed early in the disease course. Currently, children in the US...

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Autores principales: Moshirfar, Majid, Heiland, Madeline B., Rosen, David B., Ronquillo, Yasmyne C., Hoopes, Phillip C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31321736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-019-0199-1
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author Moshirfar, Majid
Heiland, Madeline B.
Rosen, David B.
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Hoopes, Phillip C.
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description Keratoconus is a degenerative structural disease of the cornea. Progression leads to poor acuity that is not easily correctable by standard means. New treatments, such as collagen cross-linking, lead to better long-term outcomes if performed early in the disease course. Currently, children in the USA are screened for acuity in school, but not for keratoconus. Due to the severity of the disease in children, we recommend topographic screening in elementary schools as a way to provide early detection and treatment. Funding Research to Prevent Blindness provided funding for the Rapid Service Fees.
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spelling pubmed-66924252019-08-26 Keratoconus Screening in Elementary School Children Moshirfar, Majid Heiland, Madeline B. Rosen, David B. Ronquillo, Yasmyne C. Hoopes, Phillip C. Ophthalmol Ther Commentary Keratoconus is a degenerative structural disease of the cornea. Progression leads to poor acuity that is not easily correctable by standard means. New treatments, such as collagen cross-linking, lead to better long-term outcomes if performed early in the disease course. Currently, children in the USA are screened for acuity in school, but not for keratoconus. Due to the severity of the disease in children, we recommend topographic screening in elementary schools as a way to provide early detection and treatment. Funding Research to Prevent Blindness provided funding for the Rapid Service Fees. Springer Healthcare 2019-07-18 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6692425/ /pubmed/31321736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-019-0199-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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