Inverse Bell's phenomenon observed following levator resection for blepharoptosis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 868-870

  Betharia, Subhash M ^a,b   Sharma, Vidushi ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Bell's phenomenon; Congenital ptosis; Inverse Bell's; Levator resection; Ptosis; Ptosis surgery

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MALE; MUSCLE RESECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELL PALSY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33746316029     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0122-4     Document Type: Article

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