Nonaesthetic Applications for Botulinum Toxin in Plastic Surgery.

Plast Reconstr Surg

Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Whiston Hospital, St. Helens and Knowsley Trust, Mersey, United Kingdom.

Published: January 2022

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