Lesions of the lacrimal drainage system: A clinicopathological study of 643 biopsy specimens of the lacrimal drainage system in Denmark 1910-1999

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-99

  Marthin, June Kehlet ^a   Lindegaard, Jens ^a,b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a,b   Heegaard, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dacryocystitis; Dacryolithiasis; Lacrimal sac; Lesion; Microbiology; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DENMARK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMAL GLAND TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14744269735     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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