Ophthalmology · UKMLA & AKT
Keratitis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Inflammation of the cornea - one of the most sight-threatening acute eye conditions. The avascular cornea depends on the tear film as its primary barrier; epithelial breach allows microbial invasion and stromal destruction via MMP-driven collagen degradation.
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