Randomized double-blind clinical trial of subcutaneously injected deoxycholate versus a phosphatidylcholine-deoxycholate combination for the reduction of submental fat

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 792-803

  Rotunda, Adam M ^a   Weiss, Steven R ^a,b   Rivkin, Larry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dermatology Associates Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECCHYMOSIS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; INJECTION SITE EDEMA; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PARESTHESIA; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; INJECTION SITE SCLEROSIS; LIPID STORAGE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SORE THROAT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349130606     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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