Clinical Uses of Botulinum Toxins

Anthony B. Ward, Michael P. Barnes (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

398 Seiten

2007
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-83304-2 (ISBN)

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Botulinum toxins play a very significant role in the management of many medical conditions, from spasticity to sweating. In this book, an international team of authors outline the neurochemistry, drug development, and clinical use of botulinum toxins for an audience of neuroscientists, neurologists, dermatologists, pediatricians, plastic surgeons and rehabilitation specialists.

Botulinum toxins now play a very significant role in the management of a wide variety of medical conditions; from headaches to hypersalivation, and from spasticity to sweating. In this book, a strong, international team of experts outline the basic neurochemistry of botulinum toxins and chart the progress of the drug from laboratory to clinic. Then individual chapters summarize their use for the main clinical indications in the context of other available treatments. This book will be of interest to neuroscientists and practising clinicians working in a wide range of specialities, from neurology and dermatology to pediatrics, plastic surgery and rehabilitation medicine.

Michael Barnes is a Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation in Newcastle upon Tyne and works at Hunters Moor Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Centre. Anthony Ward is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre, Stoke on Trent.

1. Introduction Michael Barnes and Anthony Ward; 2. Mechanistic basis for the therapeutic effectiveness of botulinum toxin A on over-active cholinergic nerve Oliver Dolly and Gary Lawrence; 3. Botulinum toxin: from menace to medicine Peter Hambleton, Andrew Pickett and Clifford Shone; 4. Botulinum toxin: primary and secondary resistance Benjamin Anyanwu, Philip Hanna and Joseph Jankovic; 5. Introduction to botulinum toxin and clinical practice Anthony Ward; 6. Cervical dystonia Khalid Anwar; 7. The use of botulinum toxin in otolaryngology Maurice Hawthorne and Khalid Anwar; 8. Spasticity Anthony Ward; 9. Hyperhidrosis Deeanna Glaser; 10. Hypersalivation Fiorella Contarino, Alberto Albanese; 11. Botulinum toxin type A for the prophylactic treatment of primary headache disorders David Dodick; 12. Botulinum toxin in the management of back and neck pain Áine Carroll; 13. Ophthalmological uses of botulinum toxin John Elston; 14. Bladder and bowel indications Guiseppe Brisinda, Federica Cadeddu and Giorgio Maria; 15. Cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin type A Alastair Carruthers and Ken Beer; 16. Other clinical neurological uses of botulinum toxin Michael Barnes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.3.2007
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 254 mm
Gewicht	943 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
ISBN-10	0-521-83304-3 / 0521833043
ISBN-13	978-0-521-83304-2 / 9780521833042
Zustand	Neuware