Local injection of botulinum toxin a for palmar hyperhidrosis: Usefulness and efficacy in relation to severity

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Yamashita, Noriko ^a   Shimizu, Hirokazu ^a   Kawada, Morihiro ^a   Yanagishita, Takeshi ^a   Watanabe, Daisuke ^a   Tamada, Yasuhiko ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshinari ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Injection; Iodine starch test; Palmar hyperhidrosis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; IODINE; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45249085964     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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