Effect of volume and concentration on the diffusion of botulinum exotoxin A

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1351-1354

  Hsu, T S Jeffrey ^a   Dover, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c   Arndt, Kenneth A ^a,b,c,d  

^a SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; FACE MUSCLE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FACIAL MUSCLES; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN;

EID: 8144220875     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.11.1351     Document Type: Article

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