Temporalis muscle transfer in the correction of lagophthalmos due to leprosy

Leprosy Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-42

  Soares, D ^a   Chew, M ^a  

^a Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA; ECTROPION; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE GRAFT; NEURITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PTOSIS; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030995232     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970006     Document Type: Article

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