Efficacy of fresh versus refrigerated botulinum toxin in the treatment of lateral periorbital rhytids

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-438

  Hui, Jennifer I ^a   Lee, Wendy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HUMAN; LATERAL PERIORBITAL RHYTID; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG LABELING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRIGERATION; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348939850     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31815793b7     Document Type: Article

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