Bilateral upper eyelid edema in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-245

  Akarsu, Cengiz ^a,b   Atasoy, Pinar ^a   Erdoǧan, Sibel ^a   Koçak, Mukadder ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUOCORTOLONE CAPROATE; TETRADOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYELID; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SOFT TISSUE; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20544431657     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000159177.56965.A6     Document Type: Article

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