Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Upper Limb Spasticity Due to Stroke with Botulinum Toxin Type A: Results from the Botulinum Toxin for the Upper Limb after Stroke (BoTULS) Trial [PDF]
Stroke imposes significant burdens on health services and society, and as such there is a growing need to assess the cost-effectiveness of stroke treatment to ensure maximum benefit is derived from limited resources.
Christopher Price+16 more
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Reading Difficulty of Online Patient Education Materials for Procedures in Dermatology
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Elizabeth Botto+3 more
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Functional Head Tremor: Contrasting Features with Other Tremor Etiologies
Abstract Background Functional tremor (FT) is considered the most common phenomenology among patients with functional movement disorders (FMDs). Most patients have limb tremor, but they can also present with tremor involving the head and trunk. Objectives and Methods We aimed to assess the clinical phenomenology of functional head tremor (FHT) and ...
José Fidel Baizabal‐Carvallo+1 more
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In the 19th century, botulinum toxin was recognized solely as a poison. Subsequent research led to its medical applications, and today, it is predominantly utilized in aesthetic medicine.
Karolina Oskroba+8 more
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A Targeted Therapeutic Rescues Botulinum Toxin-A Poisoned Neurons [PDF]
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), a Category A biothreat agent, is the most potent poison known to mankind. Currently no antidote is available to rescue poisoned synapses.
Bal Ram Singh+6 more
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Botulinum Toxin A for the Treatment of Keloids [PDF]
Introduction: Keloids are the result of excessive scar tissue formation. Besides their poor aesthetic appearance, keloids can be associated with severe clinical symptoms such as pain, itching, and rigidity.
Bureik, D.+5 more
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What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia? [PDF]
Background: Little is known about the quality of life in patients with cervical dystonia, although pain and depression are relatively common. Objective: To test the hypothesis that an individual’s ability to cope with the disease will modify the ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav+2 more
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Rare GNAO1 Variant Presenting with Deep Brain Stimulation‐Responsive Jaw‐Opening Dystonia
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Fabian Maass+4 more
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Botulism Fact sheet, July 2015 [PDF]
Botulism is a rare but serious muscle-paralyzing illness caused by a nerve toxin (botulinum toxin) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
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Designed Azolopyridinium Salts Block Protective Antigen Pores In Vitro and Protect Cells from Anthrax Toxin [PDF]
Background:Several intracellular acting bacterial protein toxins of the AB-type, which are known to enter cells by endocytosis, are shown to produce channels.
A Kronhardt+76 more
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