Eye rubbing in the aetiology of keratoconus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Srujana SahebjadaHaitham H Al-MahrouqiSophia MoshegovSathiya M PanchatcharamElsie ChanMark DaniellPaul N BairdPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2021)
Eye rubbing showed consistent association with keratoconus. However, the current evidence is limited to only a small number of case-control studies which present as heterogeneous and of sub-optimal methodological quality. Additionally, the cause-effect temporal relationship cannot be determined. Further studies are needed to address this intricate relationship of eye rubbing and its induction, ongoing progression, and severity of keratoconus.
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