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(Created page with "'''Keratoconus''' is a pathology of the cornea. ==General== *Relatively common. ==Microscopic== Features: *Thinning of the cornea.<ref name=pmid21623252>{{Cite journal | la...")
 
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Features:
*Thinning of the cornea.<ref name=pmid21623252>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Goosey | first2 = JD. | last3 = Bergmanson | first3 = JP. | title = Quantified histopathology of the keratoconic cornea. | journal = Optom Vis Sci | volume = 88 | issue = 8 | pages = 988-97 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821ffbd4 | PMID = 21623252 }}</ref>
*Thinning of the cornea.<ref name=pmid21623252>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Goosey | first2 = JD. | last3 = Bergmanson | first3 = JP. | title = Quantified histopathology of the keratoconic cornea. | journal = Optom Vis Sci | volume = 88 | issue = 8 | pages = 988-97 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821ffbd4 | PMID = 21623252 }}</ref>
*Anterior limiting lamina with variable thickness.<ref name=pmid21623252/>
Notes:
*Anterior limiting lamina inferior of basement membrane - normally has a uniform thickenss.
===Images===
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143234/figure/F1/ Keratoconus (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21623252/>


==See also==
==See also==
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