Treatment of essential palatal myoclonus in a 10-year-old girl with botulinum neurotoxin

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 672-675

  Krause, Eike ^a   Leunig, Andreas ^a   Klopstock, Thomas ^a   Gürkov, Robert ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin; Objective tinnitus; Palatal myoclonus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENT EXAMINATION; ESSENTIAL PALATE MYOCLONUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT PALATE; SOUND PRESSURE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHILD; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MYOCLONUS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 33746858608     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000224085.08344.50     Document Type: Review

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