Late and very late initial probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: What is the cause of failure?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1151-1153

  Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani ^a   Beigi, B ^b   Parvaresh, M M ^a   Kassaee, A ^c   Tabatabaee, Z ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMAL SAC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0041857767     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1151     Document Type: Article

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