Botulinum toxin for masseter hypertrophy
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Botulinum toxin for masseter hypertrophy.
BACKGROUND Benign masseter muscle hypertrophy is an uncommon clinical phenomenon of uncertain aetiology which is characterised by a soft swelling near the angle of the mandible. The swelling may on occasion be associated with facial pain and can be prominent enough to be considered cosmetically disfiguring. Varying degrees of success have been reported for some of the treatment options for mass...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007510.pub3