Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 187-213 , November 1999

Nonthyroid Causes of Extraocular Muscle Disease

  • Brendan Lacey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • ,
  • Wilma Chang, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • ,
  • Jack Rootman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Departments of Pathology, University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Jack Rootman, MD, Professor, Ophthalmology and Pathology, University of British Columbia, 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 3N9

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