Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Clinical Medicine

A Disease-Oriented Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book provides BoNT treatment menus for symptom-oriented therapy in 14 different disease categories.Each chapter starts with a brief description of the disease and its current treatment followed by an evidenced-based upon the published assertions of the Therapeutic Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:487 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:309
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319858104

Utforska kategorier

Farmakologi inom Medicin
Klinisk medicin och internmedicin inom Medicin
Neurologi och klinisk neurofysiologi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

The editor is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He was director of the botulinum toxin treatment program at Yale from January 2005 to September 2015. His experience with botulinum toxin therapy of a large volume of patients extends over 25 years, and he has written extensively on the role of botulinum toxin therapy in clinical medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

Molecular structure, mechanism of function, toxin serotypes, immunogenicity, and safety issues.- Parkinson’s disease. Indications: Sialorrea, blepharospasm, focal painful dystonia of hands or feet, rigidity.- Atypical Parkinson Syndromes and other neurodegenerative disorders: Sialorrea, Hyperhidrosis, Blepharospasm, Focal painful dystonia, Rigidity.- Multiple Sclerosis. Indications: Spasticity, Focal dystonia, Neuropathic pain (trigeminal neuralgia).- Stroke- Indications: Post-stroke spasticity, Painful focal dystonia, Sialorrhea , Hemifacial spasms.- Cerebral palsy- Indications: Rigidity, Spasticity, Painful dystonia, Sialorrhea.- Orthopedic disorders- Indications: local painful arthropathies, local muscle cramps after knee or hip replacement.- Gatroentologic disorders- Indications: Achalasia, Spasm of sphincter of Oddi, Painful rectal spasms (anismus).- Breast and Gynecologic Disorders: Pelvic pain, Vulvodynia, Local post-surgical and Post-radiatiion pain in breast cancer.- Migraine and other headaches.- Neuropathic pains (post-herpetic neuralgia, post-traumatic neuralgia, plantar fasciitis, piriformis syndrome, entrapment neuropathic pain).- Ophthalmological disorders (blepharospasm, strabismus).- Dermatological disorders (psoriasis , intractable pruritus).- Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury Indications: Spasticity, Painful focal muscle cramps and Spasms.- Diseases with metal accumulation in the brain- Wilson disease and neuroferritinopathies Indications: Sialorrhea, Hyperhidrosis, Spasticity, Rigidity, Blepharospasm, Focal painful cramps and spasms.- Future prospect and potentials.