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Original Article

A new material in ptosis surgery with brow suspension: Wide porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene: Analysis of our first 75 cases

J.-M. Ruban Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire A, Hôpital E. Herriot, Service des Prs M.P-Ravault, L. Durand et C. Trepsat, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003, Lyon, France
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C. Burillon Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire A, Hôpital E. Herriot, Service des Prs M.P-Ravault, L. Durand et C. Trepsat, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003, Lyon, France
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E. Tabone Unité de pathologie ultra-structurale, Centre Léon Berard, 28, rue Laennec, 69003, Lyon, France
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M. Mallem Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire A, Hôpital E. Herriot, Service des Prs M.P-Ravault, L. Durand et C. Trepsat, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003, Lyon, France
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C. Donne Centre d'anatomie pathologique, 10, rue A. Lumière, 69008, Lyon, France
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D. Milea Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire A, Hôpital E. Herriot, Service des Prs M.P-Ravault, L. Durand et C. Trepsat, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003, Lyon, France
Pages 67-76 | Accepted 07 Feb 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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