Familial occurrence of ablepharon macrostomia syndrome: Eyelid structure and surgical considerations

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 428-430

  Cruz, Antonio A V ^a   Souza, Carmo A ^b   Ferraz, Victor E F ^b   Monteiro, Carlos A C ^b   Martins, Fabiana A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE MALFORMATION; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MACROSTOMIA; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; EAR; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYELASHES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROSTOMIA; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034023235     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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