Botulinum toxin therapy for limb dystonias

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 627-630

  Yoshimura, Don M ^a   Aminoff, Michael J ^a   Olney, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DYSTONIA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0026690902     PISSN: 1526632X     EISSN: 00283878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.3.627     Document Type: Article

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