It is often taught that keratoconus is commonly associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or EDS, but there is surprisingly little direct literature collaborating this connection. In fact, there are even a few studies disputing an increased prevalence of keratoconus in patients with EDS or EDS in patients with keratoconus. As a result, it might be a rare event to discover a patient with both entities, despite what you might suppose from reading the textbooks.
But at the very least, there appears to be a huge gap in the literature describing the (Read more...)
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