Inferior rectus rupture following blowout fracture

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-173

  Sloan, Brian ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blowout fracture; Diplopia; Inferior rectus muscle; Orbit; Rupture extra ocular muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOWOUT FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; ORBIT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031748286     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01537.x     Document Type: Article

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