Levator palpebrae superioris fibre size in normals and patients with congenital ptosis
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Cysticercosis of the levator palpebrae superioris.
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.8