Treatment of recalcitrant idiopathic muscular torticollis in infants with botulinum toxin type A

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-327

  Joyce, Michelle B ^a   de Chalain, Tristan M B ^b  

^a Kidz First Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Botox; Botulinum toxin; Plagiocephaly; Torticollis; Wry neck

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HELMET; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC MUSCULAR TORTICOLLIS; INFANT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BRUISING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844373571     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200503000-00023     Document Type: Article

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