Effectiveness of mesotherapy on body contouring

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Park, Seung Ha ^a   Kim, Deok Woo ^a   Lee, Min Ah ^a   Yoo, Sang Chul ^a   Rhee, Seung Chul ^a   Koo, Sang Hwan ^a   Seol, Geun Hye ^a   Cho, Eun Young ^a  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BUFLOMEDIL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIPID METABOLISM; MESOTHERAPY; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH;

EID: 42949149151     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000304611.71480.0a     Document Type: Article

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