Rarely reported cases of congenital atresia of nasolacrimal puncta

Optometry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-242

  Chronister, Connie L ^a   Lee, Amanda ^a   Kaiser, Helene ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence of puncta; Canaliculi; Congenital atresia of puncta; Epiphora; Nasolacrimal development; Ocular development; Ocular embryology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT;

EID: 0036550224     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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