"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blepharoptosis" by people in Profiles.
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Chronic Conjunctivitis in an Older Patient With Ptosis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 01 01; 138(1):97-98.
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What Neurotoxins Have Taught Us About the Brow: The Reintroduction and Review of the Transpalpebral Browpexy. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2018 Feb; 42(1):126-136.
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Proximal tarsal attachments of the levator aponeurosis: implications for blepharoptosis repair. Ophthalmology. 2013 Sep; 120(9):1924-9.
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Lyme disease presenting as ptosis, conjunctivitis, and photophobia. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Feb; 51(2):186-7.
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Surgical microanatomy of the müller muscle-conjunctival resection ptosis procedure. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Sep-Oct; 26(5):360-4.
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Müller muscle conjunctival resection for blepharoptosis in patients with poor to fair levator function. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2009 Nov-Dec; 40(6):597-9.
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Reversible palpebral ptosis following oxaliplatin infusion. Dig Liver Dis. 2007 Nov; 39(11):1041.
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Müller muscle-conjunctiva resection for blepharoptosis in patients with glaucoma filtering blebs. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Jul-Aug; 23(4):285-7.
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Cellular and clinical impact of haploinsufficiency for genes involved in ATR signaling. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jul; 81(1):77-86.
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Revisiting upper eyelid anatomy: introduction of the septal extension. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jan; 117(1):65-6; discussion 71-2.