Factors predicting improvement in motor disability in writer's cramp treated with botulinum toxin

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1688-1691

  Djebbari, R ^c   Du Monicel, S T ^b   Sangla, S ^a   Vidal, J S ^a   Gallouedec, G ^a   Vidailhet, M ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044223557     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.032227     Document Type: Article

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