Long-term results for the use of gold eyelid load weights in the management of facial paralysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Rofagha, Soraya ^a,b   Seiff, Stuart R ^a,b  

^a University of California San Francisco ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149187599     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a4f2     Document Type: Article

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