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. 1998 Jul-Aug;114(4):38-40.

[Epidemiology of keratoconus in the Urals]

[Article in Russian]
E N Gorskova, E N Sevost'ianov
  • PMID: 9771088

[Epidemiology of keratoconus in the Urals]

[Article in Russian]
E N Gorskova et al. Vestn Oftalmol. 1998 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Analysis of the prevalence of keratocone in the Urals showed it to be 1:500,000 population. Young capable men suffer from this condition 3 times more often than women, urban residents more often than rural ones (5 times more often). The prevalence of keratocone in the Urals is the maximal in the ecologically unfavorable Chelyabinsk district: 1:250,000.

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