The Genetic and Environmental Factors for Keratoconus

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Keratoconus in Jerusalem: A Cross-sectional Study

(2016) Michel Millodot et al.   OPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

Inflammation and Keratoconus

(2015) Charles W. McMonnies   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Consanguinity and Dysmorphology in Arabs

(2014) Lihadh Al-Gazali et al.   HUMAN HEREDITY

Enrichment of pathogenic alleles in the brittle cornea gene, ZNF469, in keratoconus

(2014) Judith Lechner et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The prevalence of keratoconus in a young population in Mashhad, Iran

(2014) Hassan Hashemi et al.   OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS

Ethnic Variation in Central Corneal Refractive Power and Steep Cornea in Asians

(2014) Chen-Wei Pan et al.   OPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

Molecular Screening of Keratoconus Susceptibility Sequence Variants inVSX1, TGFBI, DOCK9, STK24, andIPO5Genes in Polish Patients and NovelTGFBIVariant Identification

(2014) Justyna A. Karolak et al.   OPHTHALMIC GENETICS

Linkage Analysis of High-density SNPs Confirms Keratoconus Locus at 5q Chromosomal Region

(2014) Yelena Bykhovskaya et al.   OPHTHALMIC GENETICS

Association of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene with Keratoconus in an Australian Population

(2014) Srujana Sahebjada et al.   PLoS One

Keratoconus: the arc of past, present and future

(2013) Charles NJ McGhee   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Current status of corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus: a review

(2013) Elsie Chan et al.   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Effects of eye rubbing on the levels of protease, protease activity and cytokines in tears: relevance in keratoconus

(2013) Sivaraman A Balasubramanian et al.   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Eyelid Laxity, Obesity, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Keratoconus

(2013) Matthew S. Pihlblad et al.   CORNEA

Prevalence of Keratoconus in a Population-based Study in Shahroud

(2013) Hassan Hashemi et al.   CORNEA

The pathogenesis of keratoconus

(2013) A E Davidson et al.   EYE

Mutation Spectrum inRAB3GAP1,RAB3GAP2, andRAB18and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Warburg Micro Syndrome and Martsolf Syndrome

(2013) Mark T. Handley et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus

(2013) Yi Lu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Corneal cross-linking - a review

(2013) Keith M Meek et al.   OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS

Topographic Keratoconus is not Rare in an Iranian population: The Tehran Eye Study

(2013) Hassan Hashemi et al.   OPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

C.57 C > T Mutation in MIR 184 is Responsible for Congenital Cataracts and Corneal Abnormalities in a Five-generation Family from Galicia, Spain

(2013) Yelena Bykhovskaya et al.   OPHTHALMIC GENETICS

Is Consanguinity a Risk Factor for Keratoconus?

(2013) Ariela Gordon-Shaag et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Keratoconus in 18 pairs of twins

(2012) Stephen J. Tuft et al.   ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA

Update on the keratoconus genetics

(2012) Kim Nielsen et al.   ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA

Documenting the Corneal Phenotype Associated with the MIR184 c.57C>T Mutation

(2012) Benjamin W. Iliff et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Characteristics of 244 patients with keratoconus seen in an optometric contact lens practice

(2012) Einat Shneor et al.   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Understanding keratoconus: what have we learned from the New Zealand perspective?

(2012) Dipika Patel et al.   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Review

(2012) Yee Onn Kok et al.   CORNEA

Prevalence of Sleep Apnea Syndrome and High-Risk Characteristics Among Keratoconus Patients

(2012) Michael A. Saidel et al.   CORNEA

Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Patients With Keratoconus

(2012) Preeya K. Gupta et al.   CORNEA

Epidemiology of Keratoconus in an Iranian Population

(2012) Hossein Ziaei et al.   CORNEA

What Causes Keratoconus?

(2012) Joel Sugar et al.   CORNEA

Transepithelial Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Keratoconus: Qualitative Investigation by in vivo HRT II Confocal Analysis

(2012) Aldo Caporossi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Multi-level influences on childhood obesity in Sweden: societal factors, parental determinants and child’s lifestyle

(2012) L Moraeus et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

In-depth analysis of the human tear proteome

(2012) Lei Zhou et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Progressive Keratoconus in Pediatric Patients: A Feasibility Study

(2012) Paraskevi G. Zotta et al.   JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Transepithelial Corneal Cross-linking in Pediatric Patients: Early Results

(2012) Luca Buzzonetti et al.   JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Results of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking in Pediatric Patients

(2012) Ritu Arora et al.   JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Aberrations and Topography in Normal, Keratoconus-Suspect, and Keratoconic Eyes

(2012) Ariela Gordon-Shaag et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Prevalence and Associations of Steep Cornea/Keratoconus in Greater Beijing. The Beijing Eye Study

(2012) Liang Xu et al.   PLoS One

Mutation Altering the miR-184 Seed Region Causes Familial Keratoconus with Cataract

(2011) Anne E. Hughes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Whole exome and whole genome sequencing

(2011) David Bick et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS

Novel mutation and three other sequence variants segregating with phenotype at keratoconus 13q32 susceptibility locus

(2011) Marta Czugala et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Contact Lens Characteristics and Contrast Sensitivity of Patients With Keratoconus

(2011) Rui Hua Wei et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

A genome-wide association study identifies a potential novel gene locus for keratoconus, one of the commonest causes for corneal transplantation in developed countries

(2011) Xiaohui Li et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Dépistage du kératocône dans une population universitaire au Liban

(2011) N. Waked et al.   JOURNAL FRANCAIS D OPHTALMOLOGIE

Computerized corneal tomography and associated features in a large New Zealand keratoconic population

(2011) Charlotte A. Jordan et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Comparison of anterior segment measurements by 3 Scheimpflug tomographers and 1 Placido corneal topographer

(2011) Giacomo Savini et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Repeatability of automatic measurements by a new Scheimpflug camera combined with Placido topography

(2011) Giacomo Savini et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Incidence and Characteristics of Unilateral Keratoconus Classified on Corneal Topography

(2011) Rui Hua Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery

(2011) Michael J. Bamshad et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Subnormal Cytokine Profile in the Tear Fluid of Keratoconus Patients

(2011) Albert S. Jun et al.   PLoS One

Environmental victims: environmental injustice issues that threaten the health of children living in poverty

(2011) Shava Cureton   REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Consanguinity: A Risk Factor for Preterm Birth at Less Than 33 Weeks' Gestation

(2010) G. Mumtaz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The consequences of consanguinity on the rates of malformations and major medical conditions at birth and in early childhood in inbred populations

(2010) Joël Zlotogora et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Evidence for Keratoconus Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 14

(2010) Petra Liskova   ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Keratoconus in Asians: demographics, clinical characteristics and visual function in a hospital-based population

(2010) Wei-Boon Khor et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

The Association of Keratoconus With Immune Disorders

(2010) Arie Y Nemet et al.   CORNEA

Unusual Presentation of Presumed Posterior Polymorphous Dystrophy Associated With Iris Heterochromia, Band Keratopathy, and Keratoconus

(2010) Helene Y Lam et al.   CORNEA

Expanding Our Understanding of Eye Rubbing and Keratoconus

(2010) Alan N Carlson   CORNEA

Absence of Pathogenic Mutations in VSX1 and SOD1 Genes in Patients With Keratoconus

(2010) Mirna Štabuc-Šilih et al.   CORNEA

Association Between Acute Corneal Hydrops in Patients With Keratoconus and Mitral Valve Prolapse

(2010) Zahra Rabbanikhah et al.   CORNEA

Evaluation of Central Corneal Thickness Measurement With RTVue Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Normal Subjects

(2010) Harsha Laxmana Rao et al.   CORNEA

The impact of consanguinity on neonatal and infant health

(2010) A.H. Bittles et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Targeting the HGF/Met signalling pathway in cancer

(2010) Fabiola Cecchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER

New RAB3GAP1 mutations in patients with Warburg Micro Syndrome from different ethnic backgrounds and a possible founder effect in the Danish

(2010) Deborah J Morris-Rosendahl et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Collagen-related genes influence the glaucoma risk factor, central corneal thickness

(2010) Eranga N. Vithana et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

New loci associated with central cornea thickness include COL5A1, AKAP13 and AVGR8

(2010) Veronique Vitart et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Exome sequencing: the sweet spot before whole genomes

(2010) J. K. Teer et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Genomewide Association Studies and Assessment of the Risk of Disease

(2010) Teri A. Manolio   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Keratoconus: A review

(2010) Miguel Romero-Jiménez et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye

Common Genetic Variants near the Brittle Cornea Syndrome Locus ZNF469 Influence the Blinding Disease Risk Factor Central Corneal Thickness

(2010) Yi Lu et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prevalence and Associations of Keratoconus in Rural Maharashtra in Central India: The Central India Eye and Medical Study

(2009) Jost B. Jonas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Consanguinity and susceptibility to infectious diseases in humans

(2009) E. J. Lyons et al.   Biology Letters

Collagen cross-linkage: a comprehensive review and directions for future research

(2009) P. T. Ashwin et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Subclinical keratoconus and inflammatory molecules from tears

(2009) I Lema et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Three VSX1 Gene Mutations, L159M, R166W, and H244R, Are Not Associated With Keratoconus

(2009) Yongming G Tang et al.   CORNEA

Clinical Profile and Risk Factors for Keratoplasty and Development of Hydrops in North Indian Patients With Keratoconus

(2009) Reena Sharma et al.   CORNEA

Where Are the Older Keratoconus Patients?

(2009) Charles W McMonnies   CORNEA

Evaluation of Keratometric, Pachymetric, and Elevation Parameters of Keratoconic Corneas With Pentacam

(2009) Kata Miháltz et al.   CORNEA

Mechanisms of Rubbing-Related Corneal Trauma in Keratoconus

(2009) Charles W McMonnies   CORNEA

SOD1 Haplotypes in Familial Keratoconus

(2009) Nitin Udar et al.   CORNEA

Mutational screening of VSX1 in keratoconus patients from the European population

(2009) D P Dash et al.   EYE

Demographics of Patients Older Than 50 Years With Keratoconus

(2009) Elvin H. Yildiz et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

Role of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene in Refractive Error

(2009) Sundar Veerappan et al.   OPHTHALMOLOGY

Consanguinity, human evolution, and complex diseases

(2009) A. H. Bittles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries

(2008) Rachel Nugent   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Disease severity and family history in keratoconus

(2008) L Szczotka-Flynn et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Topographic Evaluation of Relatives of Patients With Keratoconus

(2008) Farid Karimian et al.   CORNEA

Keratoconus Clinical Findings According to Different Age and Gender Groups

(2008) Aylin Ertan et al.   CORNEA

Keratoconus in the Medicare Population

(2008) Sherman W Reeves et al.   CORNEA

Bilateral Recurrent Self-Induced Keratoconus

(2008) Steven B. Koenig   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

Apparent autosomal dominant keratoconus in a large Australian pedigree accounted for by digenic inheritance of two novel loci

(2008) Kathryn P. Burdon et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Confocal microscopy identification of keratoconus associated with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy

(2008) Cosimo Mazzotta et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Collagen crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light in keratoconus: Long-term results

(2008) Frederik Raiskup-Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

VSX1 gene variants are associated with keratoconus in unrelated Korean patients

(2008) Jee-Won Mok et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Trisomy represses Apc Min -mediated tumours in mouse models of Down’s syndrome

(2008) Thomas E. Sussan et al.   NATURE

The D144E Substitution in theVSX1Gene: A Non-pathogenic Variant or a Disease Causing Mutation?

(2008) Pras Eran et al.   OPHTHALMIC GENETICS

Keratoconus Diagnosis with Optical Coherence Tomography Pachymetry Mapping

(2008) Yan Li et al.   OPHTHALMOLOGY

Sensitivity and Specificity of Posterior Corneal Elevation Measured by Pentacam in Discriminating Keratoconus/Subclinical Keratoconus

(2008) Ugo de Sanctis et al.   OPHTHALMOLOGY

30 years of contact lens prescribing for keratoconic patients in Turkey

(2008) Lale K. Bilgin et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye