Elephantoid oedema of the eyelids

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-462

  Marzano, A V ^a   Vezzoli, P ^a   Alessi, Elvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharochalasis; Ocular rosacea; Periorbital oedema; Rosaceous lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYELID EDEMA; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROSACEA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; RECURRENCE; ROSACEA;

EID: 3242749139     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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