Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 603-609, June 2008

A transverse ligament located anterosuperiorly in the lower orbital fat space restricts lower eyelid retraction in the Mongoloid eye

  • Y. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
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  • K. Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Shinshu University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan. Tel.: +81 263 37 2830; fax: +81 263 37 1920.
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  • S. Yuzuriha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
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  • H. Shinohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
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  • N. Kikuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
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  • T. Moriizumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Received 26 September 2006; accepted 14 June 2007. published online 28 July 2007.

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PII: S1748-6815(07)00333-6

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2007.06.014

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 603-609, June 2008

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