Metabolic Defect, Oxidative Stress May Spur Keratoconus

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Cultured fibroblasts showed an innate, hypersensitive response to oxidative stressors in patients with keratoconus. Such hypersensitivity may contribute to the development and progression of keratoconus.

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The Malyugin ring is least helpful in which of the following cases:
1. keratoconjuncivitis sicca
2. Bell’s Palsy
3. Neurotrophic keratitis
4. Rheumatoid arthritis
5. Keratoconjuncivitis sicca
6. chronic pilocarpine treatment
7. pseudoexfoliation syndrome
8. intraoperative floppy iris syndrome
9. ectopia lentis
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