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ArticleOman journal of ophthalmology

Is there a relationship between keratoconus and ocular

Bengi Ece Kurtul, Ozlem Makbule Kaya, Ahmet Kakac, Yasemin Fatma Cetinkaya

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Article in Oman journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pharmacotherapy ofPharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bengi Ece KurtulDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mustafa Kemal University Tayfur Ata Sökmen Faculty of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey.
Ozlem Makbule KayaDepartment of Parasitology, Mustafa Kemal University Tayfur Ata Sökmen Faculty of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey.
Ahmet KakacDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kızıltepe State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey.
Yasemin Fatma CetinkayaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal University · TRGülhane Askerî Tıp Akademisi · TRSivas State Hospital · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe background of this study was to evaluate the relationship between keratoconus (KC) occurrence and ocular

methodsThirty-eight eyes of 20 KC patients (KC group) and 40 eyes of 20 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (control group) were included in this cross-sectional study.

resultsThe mean age was 25.90 ± 7.01 years in the KC group, and 26.52 ± 8.94 years in the control group (

conclusionsAlthough the number of patients is relatively small and there is no follow-up data after

Indexed as

Demodex brevisDemodex folliculorumkeratoconusocular surfaceseverity

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PMID37602178
PMCPMC10433041
OpenAlexW4386019228

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