Efficacy and safety of NT 201 for upper limb spasticity of various etiologies - A randomized parallel-group study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-302

  Barnes, M ^a   Schnitzler, A ^b   Medeiros, L ^c   Aguilar, M ^d   Lehnert Batar, A ^e   Minnasch, P ^e  

^a Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^e MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

botulinum neurotoxin type A; etiology; functional disability; muscle tone; NT 201; upper limb spasticity; Xeomin

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77956405659     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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