Successful use of Botulinum toxin-A for the treatment of neck and anterior chest wall flushing

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 592-594

  Sterodimas, A ^a   Nicolaou, M ^a   Paes, T R F ^a  

^a Mt Vernon and Hillingdon NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CETIRIZINE; FLUOXETINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL SKIN REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INJURY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242490433     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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