Immediate response to botulinum toxin injections in patients with fixed dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 917-918

  Edwards, Mark J ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Cordivari, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FIXED DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 79955090214     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23562     Document Type: Letter

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