The levator aponeurosis consists of two layers that include smooth muscle

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^a   Zako, Masahiro ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Asamoto, Ken ^a   Miyaishi, Osamu ^a   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UPPER EYELID;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 23244453860     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000173192.84698.d6     Document Type: Article

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