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A noninflammatory, usually bilateral protrusion and thinning of the CORNEA, the apex being displaced downward and nasally. It occurs most commonly in females at about puberty. Two closely related noninflammatory corneal ectasias are pellucid marginal degeneration and keratoglobus.
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- Keratoglobus
- Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration
- Pellucid Marginal Degeneration
- Degeneration, Pellucid Marginal
- Marginal Degeneration, Pellucid
- Pellucid Marginal Degenerations
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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cone-shaped protrusion of cornea
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Keratoconus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007640. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007640
- Keratoconus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus
- Keratoconus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611984