Botulinum toxin for oropharyngeal dysphagia: Case report of flexible endoscope-guided injection

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-73

  Quintao Brant C ^a,b   Siqueira, E S ^a   Ferrari Jr , A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES;

EID: 0033032850     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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