Results of a combined adjustable recession and posterior fixation suture of the same vertical rectus muscle for incomitant vertical strabismus

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 336-339

  Hoover, Darren L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Mercy Ambulatory Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; STRABISMUS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032276783     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(98)90030-1     Document Type: Article

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