Botulinum toxin type A: implications in wound healing, facial cutaneous scarring, and cleft lip repair

Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin that has been utilized to induce chemo-denervation of muscles. Cutaneous wounds represent a special situation in which the tensile forces applied by these muscles on wound edges might have deleterious effects on the healing process. The aim of this review was to inves...

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Main Authors: Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Bisher Nawras Al-Shanawani, Feras Alshomer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013-09-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.482