Effect of a single botulinum toxin injection on bone development in growing rabbits

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-268

  Rauch, Frank ^a   Hamdy, R ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin A; Growth; Muscle; Periosteum; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MARROW; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPIPHYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PILOT STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; TIBIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RABBITS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750445913     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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