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