Botulinum Toxin Type A: A Treatment Option for Digital Ischemia in Patients With Raynaud's Phenomenon

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-452

  Fregene, Alero ^a   Ditmars, Donald ^a   Siddiqui, Aamir ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Botox; Botulinum toxin type A; digital ischemia; digital ischemic ulcers; Raynaud's phenomenon

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER ISCHEMIA; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SMOKING; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIGMENTATION; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 60849135398     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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