Floppy Eyelid Syndrome. Quantifying the Effect of Horizontal Tightening on Upper Eyelid Position

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1932-1936

  Mills, David M ^a   Meyer, Dale R ^a   Harrison, Andrew R ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOPPY EYELID SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 34748831827     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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