Botulinum toxin A for lower facial contouring: A prospective study

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 445-451

  Yu, Chung Chih ^a   Chen, Philip Kuo Ting ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin A; Facial contouring; Masseteric muscle hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MASSETER MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REJUVENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548799274     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-0081-8     Document Type: Article

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