Stem cell facelift: Between reality and fiction

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-338

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a   Ibrahim, Amir E ^a   Saad, Dibo A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

adipose derived stem cells; ADSC; cosmetic medicine; facial rejuvenation; fat injections; minimally invasive; noninvasive; stem cell facelift

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADIPOCYTE; AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REJUVENATION; SKIN CARE; SMOKING; STEM CELL FACELIFT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; REGENERATION; REJUVENATION; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875550119     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X13478944     Document Type: Article

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