Histologic assessment of dermatochalasis: Elastolysis and lymphostasis are fundamental and interrelated findings

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1205-1210

  Nagi, Kundandeep S ^a   Carlson, J Andrew ^b   Wladis, Edward J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOCHALASIS; ECTROPION; EDEMA; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTOLYSIS; ENTROPION; EYELID DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BIOPSY; BLEPHAROPLASTY; CUTIS LAXA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTIC TISSUE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING;

EID: 79957991184     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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