Central lower eyelid thinning with trichiasis: Characterization and management of a unique subset of entropion in elderly patients

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 445-449

  Mills, David M ^a   Meyer, Dale R ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CENTRAL LOWER EYELID THINNING WITH TRICHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTROPION; EYELASH; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LOWER EYELID; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TRICHIASIS; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; HAIR DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTROPION; EYELASHES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73949146620     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181b80b12     Document Type: Article

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