A Rare Case of Severe Systemic Life-threatening Botulism Caused by a Local Botulinum Toxin-A Injection

Overview

Journal JAAD Case Rep

Specialty Dermatology

Date 2020 Sep 9

PMID 32904195

Citations 4

Authors

Xiaoxi Tian

Lin Gao

Guoqiang Fu

Cuicui Zhang

Qianfeng He

Ni Wei

Tan Huang

Lihong Li

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