Necrotising fasciitis as a complication of botulinum toxin injection

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-53

  Latimer, P R ^a,b   Hodgkins, P R ^a   Vakalis, A N ^a   Butler, R E ^a   Evans, A R ^a   Zaki, G A ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Face; Necrotising fasciitis; Subcutaneous injection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BOTULINUM TOXIN; HYDROXYUREA;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INJECTION SITE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0031909171     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.9     Document Type: Article

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