Quantitative reduction of saliva production with botulinum toxin type B injection into the salivary glands

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-61

  Turk Gonzales, Melissa ^a   Odderson, Ib R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Overlake Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin type B; Case report; Drooling; Rehabilitation; Sialorrhea

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SIDE EFFECT; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SIALORRHEA;

EID: 13844310293     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968304273201     Document Type: Article

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