Primary craniocervical dystonia presenting as a respiratory emergency

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 388-389

  Papapetropoulos, Spiridon ^a   Papapetropoulos, Nektarios ^b   Singer, Carlos ^a  

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

^b TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SERTRALINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLEPHAROSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOCERVICAL DYSTONIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INHALATION; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX DYSTONIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRITICAL CARE; DYSTONIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33846587518     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252893.90894.0b     Document Type: Article

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