The treatment of punctal and canalicular stenosis in patients on systemic 5-FU

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Fezza, John P ^b   Wesley, Ralph E ^a   Klippenstein, Kimberly A ^b  

^a The Atrium   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONJUNCTIVA; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032979656     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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