Patterns of contraction of the frontalis muscle: A pilot study;Estudo piloto dos padrões de contração do músculo frontal

Surgical and Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-194

  Braz, Andre Vieira ^a   Sakuma, Thais Harumi ^b  

^a Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin type A; Classification; Muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053916034     PISSN: 19845510     EISSN: 19848773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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