Floppy eyelid syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Viana, Giovanni André P ^a,b   Sant'Anna, Ana Estela ^a   Righetti, Fábio ^a   Osaki, Midori ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FLOPPY EYELID SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; ECTROPION; ESTHETICS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43149099233     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816b1147     Document Type: Letter

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