Botulinumtoxin Improves both Generic and Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia

Botulinumtoxin Improves both Generic and Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia

Botulinumtoxin injection (BoNT) into affected muscles is effective to improve motor symptoms of cervical dystonia (CD) by reducing muscle contraction and involuntary dystonic movement and posturing. However, the understanding of the effect on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and patient refer...

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Main Authors: Daniel Weiss, Leonhard Hieber, Justine Sturm, Axel Börtlein, Ingo Mayr, Matthias Appy, Benedicta Kühnler, Joachim Buchthal, Christian Dippon, Guy Arnold, Tobias Wächter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
cervical dystonia
segmental dystonia
blepharospasm
botulinumtoxin
quality of life
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00561/full

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