Cellulite treatment: A myth or reality: A prospective randomized, controlled trial of two therapies, endermologie and aminophylline cream

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1110-1114

  Collis, Nicholas ^a,b   Elliot, Lee Anne ^a   Sharpe, Caroline ^a   Sharpe, David T ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DIET; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; LIPOSUCTION; MASSAGE; NOTE; SWINE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0345062133     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199909020-00037     Document Type: Article

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