Botulinum toxin A injections improve apraxia of eyelid opening without overt blepharospasm associated with neurodegenerative diseases [7]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-598

  Kanazawa, Masato ^a   Shimohata, Takayoshi ^a   Sato, Masahisa ^b   Onodera, Osamu ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Niigata Second Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; APRAXIA; BLEPHAROSPASM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; APRAXIAS; BLEPHAROSPASM; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 34247205793     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21367     Document Type: Letter

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