Keratoconus in pediatric age: Clinical-refractive characteristics and evolution. Donum foundation medical specialties center. Cuenca. Ecuador. 2015-2018
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Objective: To describe the clinical-refractive characteristics of KC patients at pediatric age and their evolution, at the Donum Foundation Medical Center, Cuenca, Ecuador. Method: An observational, prospective and longitudinal study was carried out in 94 pediatric patients (188 eyes) diagnosed with KC, diagnosed in 2015 and followed up to 2018, in the Donum Foundation Medical Center, Cuenca, Ecuador. The arithmetic mean of the sample was obtained: mean keratometry, pachymetry at the