Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2004-2012 , December 2010

A new non-incisional correction method for blepharoptosis

  • Yusuke Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomohisa Nagasao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ward Shinanomachi 35, Tokyo, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5363 3814; fax: +81 3 3352 1054.
    • ,
  • Toru Asou

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Received 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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PII: S1748-6815(10)00038-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.01.013

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2004-2012 , December 2010

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