Age-related changes in facial skin contours and rheology

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Henry, Frédérique ^a   Piérard Franchimont, Claudine ^a   Cauwenbergh, Geert ^b   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 1842292175     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb04512.x     Document Type: Article

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