Levator transposition procedure: A review of 35 cases

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-544

  Manners, Ruth M ^a,b   Rosser, Paul ^a   Collin, J Richard O ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PTOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029953467     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.124     Document Type: Article

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