Endoscopic botulinum toxin injection for cricopharyngeal dysphagia

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 871-874

  Parameswaran, Mahesh S ^a   Soliman, Ahmed M S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cricopharyngeus; Dysphagia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INJECTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST;

EID: 0036795217     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940211101002     Document Type: Article

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