Quantitative study of the effect of dacryocystorhinostomy on lacrimal drainage

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-294

  Malbouisson, Jorge Mario Carvalho ^b   Bittar, Marcos Daniel Ramos ^a   Obeid, Habib Nahmatallah ^a   Guimarães, Fernando Cenci ^a   Cruz, Antonio Augusto Velasco E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dacryocystorhinostomy; Lacrimal pump; Lacrimal scintigraphy; Tear drainage; Tear kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL SAC; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TEAR FLOW; TIME;

EID: 0030849112     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00776.x     Document Type: Article

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