Diameter of the bony lacrimal canal: Normal values and values related to nasolacrimal duct obstruction: Assessment with CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 845-850

  Janssen, Alfred G ^a,d   Mansour, Khaled ^b   Bos, Johanna J ^b   Castelijns, Jonas A ^c  

^a De Tjongerschans Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b Groene Land Verzekeringen ^*

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d De Tjongerschans Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035025675     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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