Intragastric injection of botulinum toxin A for the treatment of obesity

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 732-736

  Mittermair, Reinhard ^a,c   Keller, Christian ^a   Geibel, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin A; Endoscopy; Intragastric injection; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATIETY; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OBESITY; STOMACH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34347240013     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9135-x     Document Type: Article

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