Adult cases of congenital muscular torticollis successfully treated with botulinum toxin

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2453-2456

  Bouchard, Manon ^a   Chouinard, Sylvain ^b   Suchowersky, and Oksana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cervical dystonia; Congenital muscular torticollis; Torticollis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 77958555107     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23371     Document Type: Article

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