Etiology and pathogenesis of aponeurotic blepharoptosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Fujiwara, Takeshi ^a   Matsuo, Kiyoshi ^a   Kondoh, Shouji ^a   Yuzuriha, Shunsuke ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 0035166370     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200101000-00006     Document Type: Article

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