Orbital amyloidosis presenting as ptosis [6]

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-112

  Dinakaran, Subramanian ^a   Singh, A D ^b   Rennie, I G ^c  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EYE AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PTOSIS; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 13244259224     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701411     Document Type: Letter

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