Peripheral Branching of Levator Superioris Muscle and Müller Muscle Origin

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^a,b,c   Prabhakaran, Venkatesh ^b   Pradeep, Thanuja ^b   Malhotra, Raman ^c   Selva, Dinesh ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVATOR SUPERIORIS MUSCLE; MICROSCOPY; MUELLER CELL; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER EYELID;

EID: 70350574572     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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