Intrathecal baclofen therapy for the symptomatic treatment of hereditary spastic paraplegia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-145

  Margetis, Konstantinos ^a   Korfias, Stefanos ^a   Boutos, Nikolaos ^a   Gatzonis, Stylianos ^a   Themistocleous, Marios ^a   Siatouni, Anna ^a   Dalivigka, Zoi ^a   Flaskas, Theofanis ^a   Stranjalis, George ^a   Boviatsis, Efstathios ^b   Sakas, Damianos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Baclofen; GABA B receptor; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; Intrathecal injection

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFUSION PUMP; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903602626     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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