Alcohol-related massive eyelid swelling: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-171

  dos Santos, Vitorino Modesto ^a,d   Sugai, Taciana Arruda Modesto ^b   Corrêa, Fabiano Girade ^a   Barbosa Jr , Elber Rocha ^a   Siqueira, Fluvia Manuela Canhete ^a   de Vasconcelos, Antônio Victor Paes ^c  

^a Hospital das Forcas Armadas Brasilia   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Society of Dermatology   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^d SMPW   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholism complications; Case reports publication type ; Edema; Eyelids; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147120235     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000100033     Document Type: Article

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