A systematic algorithm for the management of lower lip asymmetry

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Lindsay, Robin W ^a,b   Edwards, Colin ^a   Smitson, Chris ^a   Cheney, MacK L ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMODENERVATION; DENERVATION; DEPRESSOR LABII INFERIORIS; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LIP MALFORMATION; LOWER LIP ASSYMMETRY; LOWER LIP ASYMMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE RESECTION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLED DIGASTRIC MUSCLE TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649735354     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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