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Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin [electronic resource] /edited by Grant Cooper.

by Cooper, Grant [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.Description: online resource.ISBN: 9781597452472.Subject(s): Medicine | Toxicology | Dermatology | Orthopedics | Rehabilitation | Medicine & Public Health | Dermatology | Orthopedics | Rehabilitation Medicine | Pharmacology/ToxicologyDDC classification: 616.5 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
History and Mechanism of Action -- Spasticity -- Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome -- Low Back Pain -- Piriformis Syndrome -- Plantar Fasciitis -- Headache -- Spasmodic Dysphonia -- Sialorrhea and Frey’s Syndrome -- Cosmetic Applications -- Hyperhydrosis -- Urological Applications -- Gastrointestinal Applications -- Blepharospasm -- Economics, Immunity, and Future Directions.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin outlines and examines our current understanding of botulinum toxin and its various therapeutic applications. The editors explore how this novel compound fits into a wide variety of treatment algorithms across medical subspecialties. Each chapter focuses on a particular symptom and explains how botulinum toxin is currently used for treatment. The chapter authors are all leaders in their fields and are respected for their progressive approach to treatment. Physicians will benefit not only from those chapters devoted to their particular sub-specialty, but from the inspiring success resulting from the use of botulinum toxin in other patient populations. The concluding chapter examines questions of immunity, explores economic issues, and attempts to forecast future directions for this novel and somewhat mysterious drug. Clinicians across a wide variety of disciplines will refer to this comprehensive reference time and time again.
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History and Mechanism of Action -- Spasticity -- Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome -- Low Back Pain -- Piriformis Syndrome -- Plantar Fasciitis -- Headache -- Spasmodic Dysphonia -- Sialorrhea and Frey’s Syndrome -- Cosmetic Applications -- Hyperhydrosis -- Urological Applications -- Gastrointestinal Applications -- Blepharospasm -- Economics, Immunity, and Future Directions.

Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin outlines and examines our current understanding of botulinum toxin and its various therapeutic applications. The editors explore how this novel compound fits into a wide variety of treatment algorithms across medical subspecialties. Each chapter focuses on a particular symptom and explains how botulinum toxin is currently used for treatment. The chapter authors are all leaders in their fields and are respected for their progressive approach to treatment. Physicians will benefit not only from those chapters devoted to their particular sub-specialty, but from the inspiring success resulting from the use of botulinum toxin in other patient populations. The concluding chapter examines questions of immunity, explores economic issues, and attempts to forecast future directions for this novel and somewhat mysterious drug. Clinicians across a wide variety of disciplines will refer to this comprehensive reference time and time again.

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