Müller muscle-conjunctival resection: Effect on tear production

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Dailey, Roger A ^a   Saulny, Stanley M ^a   Sullivan, Scot A ^a  

^a CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUELLER CELL; MUSCLE RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHIRMER TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036848572     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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