Cryoanalgesia with dichlorotetrafluoroethane lessens the pain of botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1057-1060

  Baumann, Leslie S ^a,b   Frankel, Stacey ^a   Welsh, Esperanza ^a   Halem, Monica ^a   Glocau, Richard G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UM Cosmetic Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CRYOFLUORANE; FRIGIDERM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTION SITE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; HAND; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 0141507894     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29302.x     Document Type: Article

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