Möbius and möbius-like patients: Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment options

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 497-514

  Terzis, Julia K ^a,b   Noah, Ernst Magnus ^c  

^a Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036813586     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1298(02)00019-6     Document Type: Review

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