Medial horn supporting ligament in Asian upper eyelids

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Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-96

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

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eyelid anatomy; Levator aponeurosis; Medial horn; MHSL; Supporting ligament; Whitnall ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CADAVER; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPPER EYELID; WHITNALL LIGAMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIGAMENTS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 42249109512     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830701205909     Document Type: Article

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