A randomized, bilateral, prospective comparison of calcium hydroxylapatite microspheres versus human-based collagen for the correction of nasolabial folds

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Smith, Stacy ^a,e   Busso, Mariano ^b,c   McClaren, Marla ^b   Bass, Lawrence S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Miami ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Therapeutics Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; MICROSPHERE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOLABIAL FOLD; NOSE; PAIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SKINFOLD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOUCH; ACCURACY; COST; DERMATOLOGY; HEAD; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; SURGEON;

EID: 36849070296     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33350.x     Document Type: Article

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