A single technique to correct various degrees of upper lid retraction in patients with Graves' orbitopathy
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A single technique to correct various degrees of upper lid retraction in patients with Graves' orbitopathy.
BACKGROUND Several lengthening techniques have been proposed for upper eyelid retraction in patients with Graves' orbitopathy and variable rates of success have been reported. Most authors recommend different procedures for different degrees of retraction, but cannot prevent residual temporal retraction in a significant number of cases. The modified levator aponeurosis recession described by Ha...
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1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan 2Department of Medicine, Nepean Clinical School, Nepean Hospital, The University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia 3Molecular Thyroid Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Medical Center, 55101 Mainz, Germany ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.1.81