Ruiz-Muralles VM, Juárez-Echenique JC

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 239-241
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ABSTRACT

This is a case of a pediatric patient with the diagnosis of Cornelia de Lange syndrome with the associated ophthalmologic features, including bilateral ptosis. The ptosis correction technique was the frontalis suspension using silastic.

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