Genetic Screening Revealed Latent Keratoconus in Asymptomatic Individuals

Genetic Screening Revealed Latent Keratoconus in Asymptomatic Individuals

PurposeTo adopt molecular screening in asymptomatic individuals at high risk of developing keratoconus as a combinative approach to prevent subclinical patients from post-refractive surgery progressive corneal ectasia.MethodsIn this study, 79 Chinese and nine Greek families with keratoconus were rec...

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Main Authors: Shihao Chen, Xing-Yong Li, Jia-Jia Jin, Ren-Juan Shen, Jian-Yang Mao, Fei-Fei Cheng, Zhen-Ji Chen, Emmanouela Linardaki, Stavroula Voulgaraki, Ioannis M. Aslanides, Zi-Bing Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Subjects:
keratoconus
genetics
latent
asymptomatic
refractive surgery
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.650344/full

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