Focal hyperhidrosis: Effective treatment with intracutaneous botulinum toxin

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-304

  Naumann, Markus ^a   Hofmann, Uta ^a   Bergmann, Ilka ^a   Hamm, Henning ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Reiners, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALDEHYDE; ALUMINUM HYDROXYCHLORIDE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHORESIS; EXCISION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL RISK; SWEAT GLAND; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS;

EID: 0031890877     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.3.301     Document Type: Article

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