Approach to the treatment of limb disorders with botulinum toxin A: Experience with 187 patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 617-624

  Pullman, Seth L ^a,b   Greene, Paul ^a   Fahn, Stanley ^a   Pedersen, Sara F ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0030015424     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550070055012     Document Type: Article

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