Botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of patients with cervical dystonia

Dystonia is an involuntary movement involving twisting and turning of agonist and antagonist muscles. Cervical dystonia is isolated to neck musculature. Botulinum toxin type A is a safe and effective treatment of this disabling and often painful syndrome. Three forms of botulinum toxin type A are av...

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Autor principal: Brashear, Allison
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707390
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description Dystonia is an involuntary movement involving twisting and turning of agonist and antagonist muscles. Cervical dystonia is isolated to neck musculature. Botulinum toxin type A is a safe and effective treatment of this disabling and often painful syndrome. Three forms of botulinum toxin type A are available worldwide to treat patients with cervical dystonia. This is a review of the studies of botulinum toxin type A to treat cervical dystonia.
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spelling pubmed-27260492009-08-25 Botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of patients with cervical dystonia Brashear, Allison Biologics Review Dystonia is an involuntary movement involving twisting and turning of agonist and antagonist muscles. Cervical dystonia is isolated to neck musculature. Botulinum toxin type A is a safe and effective treatment of this disabling and often painful syndrome. Three forms of botulinum toxin type A are available worldwide to treat patients with cervical dystonia. This is a review of the studies of botulinum toxin type A to treat cervical dystonia. Dove Medical Press 2009 2009-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2726049/ /pubmed/19707390 Text en © 2009 Brashear, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of patients with cervical dystonia
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title_short Botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of patients with cervical dystonia
title_sort botulinum toxin type a in the treatment of patients with cervical dystonia
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