Botulinum toxin type A - Treatment of a patient with multiple cutaneous piloleiomyomas

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-47

  Sifaki, Maria K ^a   Krueger Krasagakis, Sabine ^a   Koutsopoulos, Anastasios ^a   Evangelou, Georgios I ^a   Tosca, Androniki D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cutaneous leiomyoma; Pain therapy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NODULE; SKIN PAIN; SPINDLE CELL; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHILEMMOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; HAIR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149084195     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000173695     Document Type: Article

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