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Hyaluronic Acid Filler Property and Hyaluronidase

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Hyaluronic acid is composed of disaccharides while hyaluronic acid filler is composed of a crosslinker and HA. This chapter will describe briefly the properties of hyaluronic acid filler and hyaluronidase.

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Lee, W. (2022). Hyaluronic Acid Filler Property and Hyaluronidase. In: Safe Filler Injection Techniques. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6855-5_2

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