Enlargement of the nasolacrimal canal in the absence neoplasia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1498-1503

  Rheeman, Charles H ^a   Meyer, Dale R ^a,b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031770656     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98036-8     Document Type: Article

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