Surgical correction of blepharoptosis in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Rodrigue, Denis ^a   Molgat, Yvonne M ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Levator palpebrae resection; Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD); Ptosis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030731711     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00088-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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