Use of botulinum toxin type A to prevent widening of facial scars

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1758-1766

  Wilson, Adel M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; COLLAGEN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; CHEEK; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FACE INJURY; FACE MUSCLE; FACE TUMOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CHEEK; CHILD; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; DRUG EVALUATION; ESTHETICS; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SMILING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646829425     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000209944.45949.d1     Document Type: Article

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