Secondary nonresponsiveness to botulinum toxin A in cervical dystonia: The role of electromyogram-guided injections, botulinum toxin A antibody assay, and the extensor digitorum brevis test

We studied 20 patients with cervical dystonia who had started to respond poorly to botulinum toxin A (BTXA) injections after an initial good response. All patients had extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) tests performed in addition to BTXA immunoprecipition assay (IPA) and mouse bioassay (MBA) antibody...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Movement disorders 2006-10, Vol.21 (10), p.1737-1741
Hauptverfasser:	Cordivari, Carla, Misra, Vijay Peter, Vincent, Angela, Catania, Santiago, Bhatia, Kailash P., Lees, Andrew John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Action Potentials - drug effects Antibodies, Blocking - blood Biological and medical sciences botulinum toxin Botulinum Toxins, Type A - administration & dosage Botulinum Toxins, Type A - immunology Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases Drug Resistance EDB text Electric Stimulation Electromyography - drug effects EMG Humans Injections, Intramuscular Medical sciences Muscle Muscle, Skeletal - innervation Neurology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Retreatment secondary nonresponders Torticollis - drug therapy Torticollis - immunology
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