Botulinum toxin type-A treatment in spastic paraparesis: A neurophysiological study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Pauri, Flavia ^a,b   Boffa, Laura ^a   Cassetta, Emanuele ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^a,b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,b,c  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin therapy; Spasticity; TMS

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034548737     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00439-1     Document Type: Article

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