A randomized, single-blind, postmarketing study of multiple energy levels of high-intensity focused ultrasound for noninvasive body sculpting

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-67

  Solish, Nowell ^a   Lin, Xiaoming ^b   Axford Gatley, Robert A ^c   Strangman, Nicole M ^c   Kane, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^c Clinical Content and Editorial Services   (United States)

^d Kane Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SCULPTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENERGY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL WALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84855542902     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02148.x     Document Type: Article

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