Computed tomographically controlled injection of botulinum toxin into the longus colli muscle in severe anterocollis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 588-590

  Herting, Birgit ^b   Wunderlich, Silke ^a   Glöckler, Theresa ^b   Bendszus, Martin ^a   Mucha, Dirk ^b   Reichmann, Heinz ^b   Naumann, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterocollis; Botulinum toxin; Injection technique

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; LEVODOPA; TIAPRIDE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ANTEROCOLLIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 4544220393     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10704     Document Type: Article

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