Stabilization of eyelid height after aponeurotic ptosis repair

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 517-522

  Tucker, Susan M ^a,b   Verhulst, Steven J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EYELID; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033506426     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90110-0     Document Type: Article

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