Fluoroscopic, EMG-guided injection of botulinum toxin into the longus colli for the treatment of anterocollis

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 610-613

  Glass, Graham A ^a,b   Ku, Stephen ^b   Ostrem, Jill L ^a,b   Heath, Susan ^b   Larson, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterocollis; Botulinum toxin; Cervical dystonia; Longus colli; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEIGE SYNDROME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349154141     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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