Botulinum toxin: A treatment for compensatory hyperhidrosis in the trunk

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 833-838

  Kim, Won Oak ^a   Kil, Hae Keum ^a   Yoon, Kyung Bong ^a   Noh, Ko Un ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SKIN IRRITATION; TRUNK; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349175086     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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