Muscle fiber atrophy in leg muscles after botulinum toxin type a treatment of cervical dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1440-1442

  Ansved, Tor ^a   Odergren, Tomas ^a   Borg, Kristian ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030911975     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1440     Document Type: Article

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