Controlled trial of botulinum toxin injections in the treatment of spasmodic torticollis

Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 80-84

  Gelb, Douglas J ^a   Lowenstein, Daniel H ^a   Aminoff, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOVEMENT; PAIN; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; TORTICOLLIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0024578648     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.39.1.80     Document Type: Article

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