Position paper on mesotherapy

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-237

  Sarkar, Rashmi ^a   Garg, Vijay Kumar ^a   Mysore, Venkataram ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Venkat Charmalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Lipolysis; mesotherapy; rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOPHYLLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; BUFLOMEDIL; CAFFEINE; CARNITINE; COUMARIN; DEANOL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; EPHEDRINE; FINASTERIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOXIDIL; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PIROXICAM; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PYRUVIC ACID; SILICON; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

ACNE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALOPECIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONSTIPATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; FAINTNESS; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HAIR GROWTH; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INSOMNIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRRITABLE COLON; KELOID; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATION; LEG ULCER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIPOLYSIS; LIPOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MESODERM; MESOTHERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHOTOAGING; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRIA; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELANGIECTASIA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS STASIS; VERTIGO; VITILIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MESOTHERAPY; REJUVENATION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 79952921851     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.77479     Document Type: Article

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