Focal dystonia in a professional musician [1]

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 182-183

  Dillon, John P ^a   Higgins, T ^a   Curtin, J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MALE; MUSICIAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; HAND; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THUMB;

ADULT; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; THUMB;

EID: 0141595139     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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