Treatment of muscle spasticity in patients with cerebral palsy using BTX-A: A pilot study

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Manzano, Felipe Scalco ^a   Granero, Lucia Mercuri ^b   Masiero, Danilo ^b   Santos, Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues Dos ^c,d  

^a Lar Escola Sao Francisco   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Bruxism; Cerebral palsy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCISOR; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PILOT STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 7044254858     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01699.x     Document Type: Article

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