Surgical debulking of eyelid and anterior orbital plexiform neurofibromas by means of the carbon dioxide laser

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-119

  Dailey, Roger A ^a,b   Sullivan, Scot A ^a,b   Wobig, John L ^a  

^a CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033829956     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00454-2     Document Type: Article

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