A Surgical Strategy for the Correction of Fraser Syndrome Cryptophthalmos

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Saleh, George M ^a   Hussain, Badrul ^a   Verity, David H ^a   Collin, J Richard O ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CRYPTOPHTHALMOS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE MALFORMATION; EYE SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FRASER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER EYELID; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 69249212228     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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