Diode laser hair removal does not interfere with botulinum toxin a treatment against axillary hyperhidrosis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Paul, Anna ^a   Kranz, Gottfried ^a   Schindl, Andreas ^b   Kranz, Georg S ^a   Auff, Eduard ^a   Sycha, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Office of General and Aesthetic Dermatology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Axillary hyperhidrosis; Botulinum toxin A; Diode laser hair removal; Interference

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOBAL CLINICAL IMPRESSION SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LASER SURGERY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950547745     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20891     Document Type: Article

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