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Changes in tarsal plate fibrillar collagens and elastic fibre phenotype in floppy eyelid syndrome.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2011
Ezra Daniel G, Ellis James S, Gaughan Christine, Beaconsfield Michèle, Collin Richard, Bunce Catey, Bailly Maryse, Luthert Phil
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BACKGROUND: The aims of this study are to investigate the expression of the main structural components of the tarsal extracellular matrix (ECM) in floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) focusing on elastic fibres and collagen types I and III, and also to identify possible cell-mediated inflammatory mechanisms in the pathogenesis of this condition. METHODS: A histopathological case control study was conducted using 30 upper...
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