Use of mirror dystonia as guidance for injection of botulinum toxin in writing dysfunction [5]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1608-1609

  Singer, Carlos ^a   Papapetropoulos, S ^a   Vela, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WRIST; WRITING;

EID: 27444434543     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.062265     Document Type: Letter

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