Symptomatic and functional outcome of surgical treatment of cervical dystonia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 642-648

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,b   Toups, Elizabeth G ^a   Jankovic, Joseph ^a   Grossman, Robert G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical dystonia; Surgical treatment; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030670813     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.5.642     Document Type: Article

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