Corneal cross-linking is the best noninvasive step to protect patients with intellectual disability and keratoconus from vision loss, according to one specialist.
“Keratoconus is strikingly prevalent in the intellectual disability (ID) population,” Kirk Stephenson, MD, said at the virtual European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting. “In this population, it is difficult to modify behavioral risk factors such as eye rubbing, and vision loss contributes to the progression of intellectual disability and dementia.”
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