Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 8 , Pages 610-613 , September 2009

Fluoroscopic, EMG-guided injection of botulinum toxin into the longus colli for the treatment of anterocollis

  • Graham A. Glass

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, SFVAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Tel.: +1 415 379 5530; fax: +1 415 750 6662.
    • ,
  • Stephen Ku

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, SFVAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jill L. Ostrem

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, SFVAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Susan Heath

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, SFVAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Paul S. Larson

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, SFVAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Dept. of Neurosurgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 16 December 2008 ,Revised 25 January 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

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PII: S1353-8020(09)00041-8

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.01.006

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 8 , Pages 610-613 , September 2009

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