Increased levator muscle function by supramaximal resection in patients with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1018-1022

  Decock, Christian E ^a   Shah, Akash D ^b   Delaey, Christophe ^a   Forsyth, Ramses ^a   Bauters, Wouter ^a   Kestelyn, Philippe ^a   De Baere, Elfride ^a   Claerhout, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Bombay City Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS PTOSIS EPICANTHUS INVERSUS SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICANTHUS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RESECTION; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051566237     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.218     Document Type: Article

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