The variability in the clinical effect induced by botulinum toxin type A: The role of muscle activity in humans

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Eleopra, R ^a,b   Tugnoli, V ^a   De Grandis, D ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Dystonia; Muscle activity; Neurophysiology; Repetitive electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DRUG ABSORPTION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPASM;

EID: 0031025917     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120115     Document Type: Article

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