Management of Facial Blushing

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-228

  Licht, Peter B ^a,b   Pilegaard, Hans K ^c,d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FACIAL BLUSHING; FLUSHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLUSHING; FACE; HUMANS; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 41949093535     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.01.010     Document Type: Review

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