Successful treatment of facial blushing by endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 639-643

  Drott, C ^a   Claes, G ^a   Olsson Rex, L ^a   Dalman, P ^a   Fahlen T ^b   Gothberg G ^a  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kungalv Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUSHING; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031954375     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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