Cutaneous peculiarities in blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome: Report of a case

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-59

  Möhrenschlager, Matthias ^a   Wessner, Dirk B ^a   Abeck, Dietrich ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EYE MALFORMATION; EYELID; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PTOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SYNDROME;

BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035260382     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2001.111781     Document Type: Article

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