"Blepharoptosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Drooping of the upper lid due to deficient development or paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscle.
| Descriptor ID |
D001763
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.338.204
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| Concept/Terms |
Blepharoptosis- Blepharoptosis
- Blepharoptoses
- Ptosis, Eyelid
- Eyelid Ptoses
- Eyelid Ptosis
- Ptoses, Eyelid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blepharoptosis" by people in Profiles.
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Suture Knot Externalization Modification of the Fasanella-Servat Technique for Involutional Ptosis. Laryngoscope. 2021 07; 131(7):1492-1496.
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Ptosis Shmosis. Surv Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar - Apr; 62(2):237-240.
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Ocular and histologic findings in a series of children with infantile pompe disease treated with enzyme replacement therapy. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2014 Nov-Dec; 51(6):355-62.
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Interpeduncular fossa lipoma: a novel cause of oculomotor nerve palsy in childhood. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Feb; 28(2):160-2.
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A report on a rare case of Kearns Sayre-like syndrome. Nepal J Ophthalmol. 2010 Jul-Dec; 2(2):160-3.
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Improvement of bilateral ptosis on higher dose enzyme replacement therapy in Pompe disease. J Neuroophthalmol. 2010 Jun; 30(2):165-6.
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Clinical and histologic ocular findings in pompe disease. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2010 Jan-Feb; 47(1):34-40.