The role of botulinum toxin in treating Cerebral Palsy hands

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-255

  Chait, Laurence Anthony ^a   De Aguiar, Gavin ^a   Theron, Anna ^a   Bleloch, Susan ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036313103     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200208000-00003     Document Type: Review

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