Botulinum toxin for cricopharyngeal dysphagia: Case reports of CT- guided injection

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-276

  Atkinson, Susan Ingram ^a   Rees, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Nova Scotia Hear and Speech Clinic   (Canada)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Complications; Cricopharyngeal dysphagia; Improvement

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030883136     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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