"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Blepharoptosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Blepharoptosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blepharoptosis" by people in Profiles.
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Sweeney AR, Dermarkarian CR, Williams KJ, Allen RC, Yen MT. Outcomes After Müller Muscle Conjunctival Resection Versus External Levator Advancement in Severe Involutional Blepharoptosis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 09; 217:182-188.
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Scott RA, Chacko SV, Yusuf S. Case 4: Eye Droopiness in a 4-year-old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2020 Mar; 41(3):148-151.
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Sweeney AR, Williams KJ, Dermarkarian CR, Allen RC, Yen MT. Topical Prostaglandin Analog Use Is Associated with Increased Failure Rate of Ptosis Repair. Ophthalmology. 2020 02; 127(2):276-278.
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Chan TM, Prospero Ponce CM, Allen RC, Bell D, Lee AG. Orbital AL amyloid. Orbit. 2020 Feb; 39(1):68-70.
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Schlechter AK, Gorn M. Eleven-Year-Old Male With Weakness. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 08; 72(2):127-155.
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Kang S, Seo JW, Ahn CJ, Esmaeli B, Sa HS. Intraoperative lagophthalmos formula for levator resection in congenital ptosis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 06; 103(6):802-804.
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Surve A, Sharma MC, Pushker N, Bajaj MS, Meel R, Kashyap S. A study of changes in levator muscle in congenital ptosis. Int Ophthalmol. 2019 Jun; 39(6):1231-1238.
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Pujari A, Shashni A, Bajaj MS, Samdani A. Tarsal buckle with conjunctival prolapse following levator plication for unilateral congenital ptosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Mar 22; 2018.
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Surve A, Meel R, Pushker N, Bajaj MS. Ultrasound biomicroscopy image patterns in normal upper eyelid and congenital ptosis in the Indian population. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar; 66(3):383-388.
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Shashni A, Pujari A, Bajaj MS, Kumar P. Superior oblique muscle cysticercosis: importance of long-term assessment by a single observer. Can J Ophthalmol. 2018 10; 53(5):e193-e195.