Issue: May 2016
May 16, 2016
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VIDEO: Surgeon proposes new hypothesis for pathogenesis of keratoconus

Issue: May 2016

PARIS — At the meeting of the French Society of Ophthalmology, Michael Assouline, MD, hypothesizes that the pathogenesis of keratoconus may involve genetic factors leading to dysregulation of the emmetropization process, much like the one identified for high myopia.