Botulinum toxin for dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Moerman, Mieke ^a   Callier, Yves ^a   Dick, Catherine ^a   Vermeersch, Hubert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin1; Cricopharyngeal dysfunction; Dysphagia; Pharyngoesophageal sphincter; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPHAGIA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES;

EID: 0036172438     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00007520     Document Type: Article

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