| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Pharmacology of botulinum neurotoxins -- Comparison of botulinum neurotoxin products -- Neurotoxin storage, reconstitution, handling, and dilution -- Guidance techniques for botulinum neurotoxin injections -- Phenol nerve blocks -- Benign essential blepharospasm -- Hemifacial spasm -- Oromandibular dystonias -- Cervical dystonias -- Focal limb dystonias -- Upper motor neuron syndromes : adult/pediatric -- Trunk dystonias -- Tremor -- Sialorrhea -- Hyperhydrosis -- Urological conditions -- Chronic migraine -- Musculoskeletal pain conditions |
| Summary |
The Essential Guide for Clinicians Who Prescribe and Inject BoNTs. This is a detailed and practical guide to botulinum neurotoxin therapy (BoNT) and the wide range of applications for neurological and pain disorders. A unique reference source for new injectors and experienced clinicians alike, this indispensable manual provides information on dose, dilution, and indications for all four FDA-approved toxins in one handy text. Following a brief review of relevant pharmacology, the book provides product information and comparative distinctions between the four FDA-approved toxins (Botox, Myobloc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Botulinum toxin.
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Injections.
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Nervous system -- Diseases
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Botulinum Toxins
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Injections
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Nervous System Diseases -- drug therapy
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Neuromuscular Agents -- therapeutic use
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Nervous System Diseases
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Botulinum toxin
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Injections
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Nervous system -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alter, Katharine E., editor.
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Wilson, Nicole A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781617052095 |
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1617052094 |
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