Background/AimsBotulinum toxin type A (BTX), a long-acting inhibitor of muscular contraction in both striated and smooth muscles, is responsible for gastric motility.
Jin-Seok Park +5 more
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Botulinum toxin as an alternative treatment in patients with achalasia
Background: achalasia is found among the diseases that affect the esophagus. Although there is no curative treatment for this disease, there are several palliative therapeutic strategies; in recent years the use of botulinum toxin has been increasingly ...
Yosvany Rojas Peláez +4 more
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Applications, impacts and consequences of botulinum toxin usage in medicine
Introduction Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin produced by the gram-positive bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxin has found great interest in the field of aesthetic medicine, but it has many other applications in other areas of medicine.
Weronika Kiełt +9 more
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Botulinum Toxins and Lip Repositioning Surgery with Repeated Botulinum Toxin Injection: A Combined Approach for Gummy Smile Treatment. [PDF]
Adel N.
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Therapeutic Approaches of Botulinum Toxin in Gynecology [PDF]
Botulinum toxins (BoNTs) are produced by several anaerobic species of the genus Clostridium and, although they were originally considered lethal toxins, today they find their usefulness in the treatment of a wide range of pathologies in various medical ...
Oana Gabriela Dimienescu +7 more
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In Silico Conformational Features of Botulinum Toxins A1 and E1 According to Intraluminal Acidification. [PDF]
Cottone G +6 more
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Clostridium difficile and its toxins [PDF]
An investigation of Clostridium difficile has shown : 1. that the organism is resistant to cresols and phenolq and may be grown from material grossly contaminated with other organisms by culture in media containing these substances; strains ...
Hafiz, Saleem
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Chemodenervation for Oromandibular Dystonia Utilizing Botulinum Toxins. [PDF]
Ameer MA, Bhatti D.
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A Standardized Technique for Gummy Smile Treatment Using Repeated Botulinum Toxins: A 1-year Follow-up Study. [PDF]
Adel N.
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Review Article - Botulinum toxins: Pharmacology and its current therapeutic evidence for use [PDF]
Botulinum toxins are, as a group, among the most potent neuromuscular toxins known, yet they are clinically useful in the management of conditions associated with muscular and glandular over-activity.
D. Panikar, U. Muthane
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