Botulinum toxin injection with and without electromyographic assistance for treatment of abducens nerve palsy: A pilot study

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Sanjari, Mostafa Soltan ^a   Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi ^a   Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani ^a   Aghai, Gholam Hosseyn ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^b   Rostami, Hatav ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; TETRACAINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549101627     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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