Dacryoliths in chronic dacryocystitis and their composition (spectrophotometric analysis)

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 266-268

  Iliadelis, Efstratios ^a,c   Karabatakis, V ^c   Sofoniou, M ^b  

^a Kyanous Stavros Hospital   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dacryocystitis; Dacryocystorhinostomy; Dacryolith

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0033382594     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067219900900402     Document Type: Article

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