Levator palpebrae superioris fibre size in normals and patients with congenital ptosis

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Edmunds, B ^a,d   Manners, R M ^a   Weller, R O ^b   Steart, P ^b   Collin, J R O ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital dystrophic ptosis; Histochemistry; Levator palpebrae superioris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTROPHY; EYE SURGERY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UPPER EYELID;

EID: 0031935380     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.8     Document Type: Article

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