Progressive cervical kyphosis associated with botulinum toxin injection

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 888-891

  Hogan, Kathleen A ^a,b   Manning, Erika L ^a   Glaser, John A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cervical kyphosis; Neck extensor musculature

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL KYPHOSIS; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOSITIS; NECK; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK PAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; SPASM; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747186707     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000221627.12416.e1     Document Type: Article

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